The 100 Best Songs of 2021: Staff List Our staff's favorite hit singles and hidden gems from the past 12 months of pop music.

All that said, I’m now going to offer a survey of songs of 2021—the ones not found among my earlier album list—that capriciously crosses genres, like the rootless-cosmopolitan critic I am.

From Cardi B to Olivia Rodrigo, here are the best songs that helped us laugh, dance, and cry our way through 2021.

As you might’ve already gathered from our best albums of 2021 list, we found this to be a strange year. With blockbuster releases being scarce and often disappointing, 2021 felt particularly ...

Insider ranked the 20 best songs of 2021, weighing factors like critical acclaim and listenability. Olivia Rodrigo has three songs on our list, including her smash debut "Drivers License" at No. 2.

The songs that helped us get up in the morning, fall asleep (or stay awake) at night, or that we simply played on repeat, because you never need a reason.

Many of the best songs of 2021 are on the best albums of 2021, listed here. But of course there are many more: peaks of other albums, onetime collaborations, singles, random streams.

Just five country artists held the Top 10 spots on Billboard's list of most-streamed country songs in 2021, with all but one of those artists landing multiple songs on the list. They were an ...

We've spent the past couple of weeks sharing a whole bunch of incredible music that came out in 2021, including NPR Music's picks for the 50 Best Albums and 100 Best Songs. But despite our best ...