From demon hunters and drug dealers to subways and sex dens, here are our picks for the most memorable tracks of the year.

When you're picking your favorite songs of the year, it can be helpful to just think about what you wanted to blast while you showered or cooked. What songs helped motivate you to clean your house?

Van Halen is one of the best rock bands of all time, and classic hit songs like "Jump" and "Hot for Teacher" remind us why!

From Charli XCX giving us a "Brat" summer to Shaboozey getting us to hand clap along to "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," much liveliness reigned in music in 2024. Even a couple of newcomers – Benson Boone and ...

Boasting eight top 10 projects on the Reggae Albums chart and three Billboard Hot 100 hits — “Wonderful World” (No. 25), ...

A decade before Live became one of the biggest bands of the mid-1990s, it all began with four teenage friends in York, Pennsylvania. Lead singer Ed Kowalczyk and his bandmates went through several ...

Second and third singles “Stateside” and “Illegal” are included among KTLA’s 50 best songs of 2025 for good reason. “Illegal” ...

Z, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood and more of our favorite songs about being thankful to celebrate Thanksgiving.

In our first monthly roundup of 2025, we are firmly grounded in the twists and turns of this new year. Last month was among the strongest since I took over as Paste‘s music editor two years ago.

From a scathing diss track-turned-international banger to a duet featuring two pop queens to an R&B groove bursting with '90s nostalgia, THR’s music editor picks his favorite bops of the year. By ...