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The Top 40 Pop Songs Of 2024

For at least a decade now – since Billboard started counting music streams in its chart calculations in 2013, and probably before – the sound of pop music has been sharply bifurcated between the extremely online and extremely offline. The starlets you meme about on social media aren’t necessarily making the songs you hear 20 times on the radio on your commute, or in the coffee shop picking up breakfast, or out at the pool’s pumped-in speakers. 2024 had an especially sharp divide; compare the charts to the conversation, and you’ll see what I mean.

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Author: Katherine St. Asaph

Susanna Hoffs & Elvis Costello Share Cover Of The Rolling Stones “Connection”: Listen

Today, Keith Richards turns 81. It’s a hopeless cliche to talk about all the stuff that Richards has survived, so I’m not going to do that. I’m just going to say that Keith Richards is now 81 years old. He is one year younger than Joe Biden and three years older than Donald Trump. To celebrate Richards’ big day, Susanna Hoffs and Elvis Costello have gotten together to cover “Connection,” a song from the Rolling Stones’ 1967 album Between The Buttons.

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Author: Tom Breihan

Black Sabbath’s original drummer Bill Ward applauds how Iron Maiden have treated Nicko McBrain

Black Sabbath’s original drummer Bill Ward applauds how Iron Maiden have treated Nicko McBrain It’s no secret that drummer Bill Ward’s tenure in Black Sabbath didn’t end in the best possible manner. The 76 year old drummer has had multiple stints with the group from 1968 to 1980, 1983, 1984, 1994, 1997 to 1998, 1998

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Author: Olivier

Robbie Williams defends upsetting Gary Barlow in Better Man: ‘I want to be authentic’

Robbie Williams has defended upsetting former Take That bandmate Gary Barlow in his new Better Man film, as the singer admitted: “I want to be authentic”. The film, set to be released in the UK on Boxing Day, is a semi-biographical film about the British pop singer. It features his rise to fame in the nineties boyband and his notorious clashes with Barlow. Discussing the film when he appeared on BBC Radio 2 on Tuesday (17 December), the Angels singer admitted: “It wasn’t complimentary to Gaz and that must be triggering for Gaz and I feel for Gaz for that. “It was also incredibly important for me to tell my story.”

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Author: Lucy Leeson