“Who wanna rock with Jennie?” After the reveal of the 2025 nominees, the Asian Pop Music Awards clearly do as the superstar leads this year’s field with nine nominations that reflect the pull of her ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. After 2024 saw the likes of RM, Rosé, NewJeans, ATEEZ, aespa, ...

Playlists included.

You would be forgiven for thinking 2025 was a lackluster year for pop music. Instead of Chappell Roan galloping across the land and conquering everything in her path like a gay pop Napoleon, we had ...

aespa’s “Rich Man” is the No. 1 song for the third straight week. Congratulations to aespa! No. 2 and No. 3 exchanged positions this week with BLACKPINK’s “JUMP” up one spot to No. 2 and IVE’s “XOXZ” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Female artists took over the charts in 2024, and in 2025 they continued their winning ways — and added a new star to their lineup.

Music lovers, are you ready to revisit your favorite songs and artists of 2025? On Dec. 2, Apple Music rolled out its 2025 Apple Music Replay. Like Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay compiles Apple ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

Every year, the bounty of pop music grows more and more (my apologies to the 2,637 songs in my inbox as of time of writing that I haven't gotten to yet, out of you don't want to know how many).