From Rebecca Black to 2hollis to Rose Gray, these artists served up pop tracks too good to overlook. By Jason Lipshutz Co-Chief Content Officer 2025 was a thrilling, wide-ranging year for pop music, ...

Here's a look at the trends in the Hot 100's top 10 for all of 2025, as analyzed by Hit Songs Deconstructed. By Gary Trust What were some of the most notable trends on the Billboard Hot 100 songs ...

This year in music had no shortage of hits, but only a handful of songs truly rose above the rest. Whether they dominated the charts, took over social media or just refused to leave our heads, these ...

“Who wanna rock with Jennie?” After the reveal of the 2025 nominees, the Asian Pop Music Awards clearly do as the superstar leads this year’s field with nine nominations that reflect the pull of her ...

You would be forgiven for thinking 2025 was a lackluster year for pop music. Instead of Chappell Roan galloping across the land and conquering everything in her path like a gay pop Napoleon, we had ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. After 2024 saw the likes of RM, Rosé, NewJeans, ATEEZ, aespa, ...

The genre peaked in terms of global awareness with “KPop Demon Hunters,” while the industry’s most promising new act was mired in a legal morass. By Jon Caramanica This year, from a distance, the ...

If K-pop wasn’t already a powerhouse cornerstone of the music industry before, 2025 saw yet another explosion of interest in the genre thanks to the larger-than-life success of Kpop Demon Hunters. Now ...

This year’s top feminist pop culture moments show artists, storytellers and creators faced regressive politics with imagination, joy and anger. Another year of feminist struggles, another year of ...