musicians seem as eager to collect and to sprawl — and sometimes to tighten up — as they’ve ever been. Here are the 20 albums I loved holding varying amounts of space for during 2024.

The 2020s have emerged as a defining period of uncertainty and introspection. From the lingering aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic to the far-reaching effects of various worldwide conflicts, the ...

The week's most popular albums on independent labels, as compiled by Luminate, based on multi-metric consumption blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums and streaming (audio ...

For the first time since 2014, no hip-hop album managed to break the 400,000 first-week sales mark ... have changed how audiences engage with full albums, affecting traditional sales metrics.

Billboard has published its World Albums chart for the week ending on January 18! Stray Kids’ SKZHOP HIPTAPE “合 (HOP)” spent its fourth consecutive week ...

Four country albums help fill up this week’s (Jan. 20-26) list of new country releases. Additionally, you’ll find great songs from Tyler Hubbard, Charley Crockett, Morgan Wallen and Glen Campbell.

SZA’s SOS secures a 12th nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Jan. 11), continuing to profit from its deluxe reissue on Dec. 20 with 15 additional trac ...

In 2025, a number of albums will celebrate milestones. Of those which came out in 2005 and are turning 20, we picked 20 titles that still enjoy their hearing, still shape the way we think about song.

As the year comes to an end, we’re paying tribute to our favorite albums and songs released across our favorite genres. This week, we tackled the very best K-pop songs of 2024, and today we’ve ...