As a '90s kid who spent hours with a Walkman in the backseat of a car, an appreciation for the sonic narrative has stuck — that same patience, nuance and attention to detail can be found in my ...

Often, the best albums of the year come from lesser-known artists who haven’t burst into mainstream consciousness yet. But in 2022, superlative frequently meshed with popular: Taylor Swift’s ...

Sifting through the music I listened to the most this year, I’ve failed to locate any kind of nucleus, perimeter, through line or binding agent. I hear songs about hope, despair, partytime, cataclysm, ...

So much of popular culture is fueled by nostalgia that sometimes it feels like there are no new ideas. Every movie is a reboot or a sequel, fashion goes in circles. On the surface, his fifth album ...

Nearly one in 14 Latin audio and visual streams since they were released was a song from artist Bad Bunny’s album Un Verano Sin Ti or the Encanto soundtrack, according to music tracker Luminate’s 2022 ...

I always love a really huge-feeling year, with new albums from some pop music titans who lived up to however long it took to hear new music from them. Beyoncé’s latest was everything I hoped for: ...