As one long-running hip-hop smash goes recurrent on the chart, the Hot 100's top 40 does not boast a single rap song, ending a streak that's lasted for over 35 years. By Andrew Unterberger With ...

In country music, there's no denying that some of the best songs are the saddest songs. Few genres are better at exploring themes of love, loss, and heartbreak than country music, and the decades are ...

When people think of country classics, they think of songs like “Crazy”, “I Will Always Love You”, and more. But there are several songs out recently, which already sound like classics, even though ...

What an exciting 20 years it was for rock music between the 1990s and 2000s, filled with plenty of "god-tier" tracks that left their mark on music and culture. You can only hope that enough innovation ...

At Paste Music, we’re listening to so many new tunes on any given day, we barely have any time to listen to each other. Nevertheless, every week we can swing it, we take stock of the previous seven ...

We’re picking up sad vibrations. But how traumatized can we feel, once the first few notes of any of Brian Wilson’s most classic songs hits our tympanic membrane? Even his most sorrowful songs — and ...

The 2020s may only be halfway over, but already, this decade has produced a bumper crop of heartbreak songs and tear-jerkers. Some artists opened up about their mental health struggles and childhood ...

Hegseth Orders Pacific Aircraft Carrier to Middle East Amid Houthi Strikes The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space First-Overall Pick Signs Contract With ...

At Paste Music, we’re listening to so many new tunes on any given day, we barely have any time to listen to each other. Nevertheless, every week we can swing it, we take stock of the previous seven ...

Mariah Carey performs one of her greatest hits onstage for "Merry Christmas One And All!" at Yaamava' Resort & Casino at San Manuel on November 15, 2023 in Highland, California. Mariah Carey is a pop ...

As we put this list together, we thought about the rise of a new pop class, the return of some longtime favorites, regional rap bangers, country crossovers, the year of sexy drill, and more. All the ...

Au revoir, 2024. It may have been a year filled with electoral upheaval, presidential assassination attempts and God knows what else, but damned if there weren’t some major bangers along the way.