Swift once again remade popular music in her own image in 2021. By Jason Lipshutz Editor For the 2021 update of our ongoing Greatest Pop Star by Year project, Billboard counted down our staff ...

Much of the music I admired in 2021 came from artists working unapologetically on their own terms. I reached frequently for risk-takers — blown-out pop-punk makeovers from unexpected voices ...

Even the numbers back it up. The data shows that 2024 was the year of the “pop star (re)emergence.” But the trend extended to ...

In 2021, the Free Britney movement snowballed into the biggest headline-grabber in entertainment news. The fans who led the movement often spoke of how they grew up with the star, allowing audiences ...

This year brought us new albums from some of the biggest artists in the world: Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, Beyoncé and Taylor ...

2021 has been an amazing year for K-pop fans, with some of the industry ... but there is more to Korean music than just BTS or Blackpink. While the year may be coming to an end, it’s never ...

The K-pop group BTS conquered the Japanese music world in 2021, topping Japan’s annual music sales rankings to become the first artist from overseas to do so since the chart started in 1968 ...