It's hard to argue there was a more important — and surprising — musician in 2021 than Olivia Rodrigo. She went from relative unknown to complete superstar, and she did it using, in part, the revived ...

If panic defined 2020, then ennui defined 2021. During the first half of the year, the vaccine rollout had just begun and there was a pervasive idea that 2021 would be a rambunctious year of nightlife ...

The sound of pop music shifted quickly and unpredictably this year: In 2021, ’90s club music made a euphoric return, an Afrobeats song cracked the Billboard Top 10, and hyperpop consolidated while a ...

This was year two of the pandemic, and the political and social strife surrounding vaccines and vaccine access dominated the headlines. In a way, that lingering weight only made pop culture—the ...

The pop star and the Swedish producer connected on her 2012 LP, “Red.” They’ve reunited (with his collaborator Shellback) for “The Life of a Showgirl.” By Brian Raftery In August, a billboard in Times ...