These three hit country songs were all released in 2020 and helped influence an entire decade of country music.

With 2025 coming to a close, that means we've reached the halfway point for this decade. Difficult as that may be to believe, ...

The year 2020 was an odd one for the world, but the year certainly had plenty of great music. These four country songs all came out in 2020 and have sadly already been forgotten, even though they are ...

Even though we're not even four years into the 2020s, this new decade has already brought some killer new country songs. Whether you're into pop-country or the more traditional stuff, the current crop ...

There’s so much we’d like to erase about 2020 — but never, ever the elation, élan, empathy, harmony, rich social commentary and dumb fun that the year’s best music brought us. Yes, we do hope the door ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

True longevity in hip-hop is rare, and in recent years, Nas has been showing the culture how it’s done. When the world shut down at the start of this decade, he opened up. COVID and pandemic be damned ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. I’m re-listening to this cover on Election Day—and it’s really emphasizing the cynical, eerie feel of the ...

When I joined Pitchfork a couple months ago as its new editor, we got to work on what you’re reading now, the Best Songs of the 2020s So Far, our first big list of the year. On the surface, there’s ...