For decades, reggae and other styles of Jamaican music have infiltrated popular music worldwide. It’s in the DNA of everything from hip hop to punk to electronic music to reggaeton to Afrobeats and ...

Bad Bunny's smash "Titi Me Preguntó" has unsurprisingly dominated a number of year-end lists, including round-ups from Esquire, Pitchfork, and Time. The tune marks Benito Martinez Ocasio's first solo ...

Ivorian rapper Didi B’s ‘En Haut’ blends trap, coupé-décalé, and call-and-response. With tempered vocals from JR, Didi B reels off braggadocio lyrics targeting his perceived foes. ‘En Haut’ employs ...

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 ...

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: ...

On today's episode of the 5 Things podcast: Music in 2022, what were the trends? What were the disappointments? 5 Things Sunday host James Brown sat down with USA TODAY music reporter Melissa Ruggieri ...

Melon has unveiled a list of the top 100 songs from 2022! While 2023 has already introduced many incredible songs, Melon – Korea’s largest music streaming service – has not forgotten to look back on ...

Give 2022 some credit—any year with Kate Bush crashing Top 40 radio can’t be all bad. So let’s celebrate a superbly crazy year for music, when brilliant tunes kept exploding all over the stylistic map ...

Your browser does not support the video element. Hundreds of sounds and songs went viral on TikTok in 2022. Creators use them to popularize memes, viral dances, and ...

Following his posts about what he took in from the worlds of movies and books this year, former president Barack Obama followed through Friday with a list of his 25 favorite songs of 2022, hitting ...