The icon from Essex went fully overground in 2024, doing so in the most spectacular Charli XCX way possible. By Andrew Unterberger For this year’s update of our ongoing Greatest Pop Star by Year ...

See our editorial staff's list for the greatest artists from an all-time year in pop stardom, rolling out throughout December. By Andrew Unterberger For the last three years at Billboard, our ...

When “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” debuted together late last month, there was a painful attempt to call their shared box office success “Glicked” — a reference to the portmanteau of ...

Editor’s Note: A new episode of “The Whole Story: K-Pop: A Star is Made,” following a group of teen girls’ journey to becoming idols and much more airs Sunday, January 5th at 8pm ET on CNN ...

2024 was also full of sensitive dude folkies, and yet again, there can only be one. And if you’re ever caught somewhere with old-school terrestrial pop radio on the speakers, you’ll hear very ...

What's on your best K-pop songs of 2024 list? Maybe you followed the ongoing girl group renaissance to new music from NMIXX and aespa, with a sprinkle of ILLIT's debut. Maybe you embraced exciting ...

Ah, 2024. What a year. As Ariana Grande, Bowen Yang, and Matt Rogers said, we’ve...“been through.” Even in the realm of pop culture alone, the past 365 days have given us so much to digest.

Ah, 2024, the year that Taylor Swift’s love story with Travis Kelce dominated headlines, no one was safe from experiencing a Brat Summer and bubble hems unexpectedly burst back into popularity ...

This year brought us new albums from some of the biggest artists in the world: Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift all put out music that thrilled fans. And yet some of the most ...

A year of rap beefs, "Brat" and surprise music drops is almost in the books. When pop culture historians look back at 2024, which moment will stand out first? Will it be the brutal feud between ...