This story is part of Billboard's annual Year In Music package, which identifies and explores the major music trends and industry stories that defined 2021. By Taylor Mims Writer In the first year of ...

“Too much pain,” Young M.A. offers on her second LP, “could barely notice the beauty in things.” Not only did these albums provide comfort and commiseration, they also taught me new ways to listen, to ...

Take a look at the TikTok Charts for 2021 – which music was most popular and who debuted this year. TikTok has continued its dominant growth as the favored social media platform for the ...

YouTube Music has officially launched its Year-in-Review-like 2021 Recap feature. As its branding suggests, that’s designed to bring all of the stats anybody could want for their listening history.

On December 4, the Melon Music Awards 2021 (MMA 2021) took place to award artists based on Melon’s user data, votes, expert scores and more. Like MMA 2020, MMA 2021 was held online, streamed live on ...

While YouTube made strides to start catching up with market leaders Spotify and Apple, the biggest gains were among services operating only in China. A study released by Midia Research shows that ...

In a year saturated with excellent releases — luminous false starts idling in the shadow of this never-ending global tragedy — projects that maximized ferality won me over. Identifying and rejecting ...