Before we get to this week’s column, some housekeeping: After eight(!) years writing The Week In Pop, I am handing over the reins of this column in 2022. Starting in January, Rachel Brodsky will ...

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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 ...

The 40 best albums of 2021, from Adele’s 30 to Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever From pop-punk that captured Gen-Z anxiety to otherworldly hip-hop, 2021’s greatest albums felt designed to ...

Our staff's favorite hit singles and hidden gems from the past 12 months of pop music. By Billboard Staff The past and the future had something of a tug of war over pop music in 2021. In many ways ...