More music, more listeners, no problems. The global music industry hit 4.8 trillion streams in 2024, a new single-year record, Luminate’s 2024 Year-End Report found. That’s up 14% from 2023, which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. ROSÉ performs "APT." live with Bruno Mars at the 2024 MAMA ...

2024 was a great year for pop, and that’s reflected in the results for the Uproxx Music Critics Poll for 2024. Charli XCX, Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan, and Ariana Grande ...

Sabrina Carpenter appears at the Time100 Next event in New York on Oct. 9, 2024, left, Billie Eilish appears at the 66th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024, center, and Taylor Swift ...

This was such an exciting year in music, and as you can see from my list, an especially exciting year for women in music yet again. They dominated the pop, country, and rap charts, just to name a few.

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The power of a lasting song is that it breaks free of its origins. Hits should be more than celebrity narratives. By Jon Pareles The megahits of 2024 were inseparable from their back stories. And that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kesha performs during Lollapalooza in 2024. (Josh Brasted/FilmMagic) As the economy cratered, pop music thrived. Recession woes ...

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More music, more listeners, no problems. If you streamed a lot more music in 2024 — and in particular, a lot of women pop performers — you are not alone. In the U.S., on-demand audio streams grew at a ...