The plan was to pitch the song to the Shirelles, another singing group that had already scored a bunch of top ten hits ... The song’s writer, Hoyt Axton, didn’t even like it very much.

From Carey’s third album, Music Box, “Hero” was one of her most personal early songs, encouraging people to see themselves as their own heroes. Its distinctive hook helped Carey top the ...

Kendrick Lamar and Billie Eilish start Obama's list of top songs, which he shared along with his favorite movies and books of 2024. By Ashley Iasimone Barack Obama delivered his annual list of ...

A ranking of the top songs based on streaming and sales activity from within the country- as tracked by Luminate. The ranking is based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams ...

These are my 25 favorite songs of 2024. (Although many other gems are over on my albums list, to avoid duplicating all the same artists.) Including, but not limited to: hits, flops, obscurities ...

Noah Kahan’s Stick Season is officially the UK’s biggest song of 2024, Official Charts can confirm. The first Number 1 of 2024, the Vermont singer’s breakthrough hit Stick Season has ...

The artists comprising our Top 30 Rock Songs of 2024 would like a word. As the year draws to a close, UCR looks back fondly on another 12 months of heavyweight rock songs that reaffirmed our ...

THAT FIRST STEP ACTUALLY CAME MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, WHEN BY HAPPENSTANCE, MICHAEL MET -- HOYT, THE BOSTON MARATHON ... AND WHEN WE GET TO THE TOP OF THE HILL, THEY CLOSE AND HIS THUMB GOES ...

which makes narrowing the field to 40 songs harder in turn. We could have gone to 50 or 100 or more and still missed hundreds of objective bangers. But tradition is tradition, so here’s our top ...

Sometimes the saddest six-word story is: “I’m sorry, I don’t mean it.” Cash Cobain’s best songs this year (“fisherrr,” “rump punch,” “Dunk Contest” minus J. Cole) were ...

The top country songs of 2024 prove that country music — especially traditional country music — is in very good hands. A full 25 percent of the Top 40 songs from this year are by artists who ...

The Official UK Singles Chart reflects the UK’s biggest songs of the week, based on audio and video streams, downloads, CDs and vinyl, compiled by the Official Charts Company. The UK Top 40 is ...