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, ...

It’s brutal out there, and that’s why, more than ever, we needed the consoling and prodding pleasures of popular music to help everything make sense in here. [Stage direction: taps chest, knowingly.] ...

Almost every country music fan loves a love song. But some are so romantic, they deserve to be listened to over and over again. These three country love songs all came out in 2021, and are some of the ...

Billboard looks back and counts down the top five songs that ruled the summer of 2021. Rania Aniftos: We’re getting to the last few years before our big reveal. 2021, full-on pandemic, big songs as we ...

The cameras are rolling from the first moments of CIX's movie-themed love song "Cinema"—quite literally, as a voice announces, "ready" and "action!" Bright synth notes kick in as the five-member group ...