This was such an exciting year in music, and as you can see from my list, an especially exciting year for women in music yet again. They dominated the pop, country, and rap charts, just to name a few.

In a vintage year for the giants of contemporary American pop – a field now dominated by young women – 23-year-old Billie Eilish triumphed with an "artistic coming of age", said Neil McCormick in The ...

However, you listened to music this year, streaming on an app or the old fashioned way on the radio, 2024 was a year that saw breakthrough artists, chart topping hits and a return of some top tier ...

With so many constant releases in Latin music, it can sometimes feel hard to keep up — but lots of songs rose from the din and stood out this year. Some of the best ones were new inventions (take, for ...

For Latin music, 2024 was yet another year of significant expansion — both on the commercial front, and in the stylistic detours and avant-garde tendencies favored by artists across the Americas.

From top left to bottom right: Jamie xx (courtesy of Jamie xx), Peggy Gou (courtesy of Park Jongh Ha), Olan (courtesy of Meagan Rodriguez), Isoxo (courtesy of Isoxo) and Two Shell (courtesy of Two ...