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The 20 Best Pop Albums of 2023

The 20 Best Pop Albums of 2023

The 20 best pop albums of 2023 radiate with unstoppable playlist power, much-needed sweet escapism, self-reflection, self-criticism, and killer melodies.

Carly Rae Jepsen’s Reclusive Stadium Pop on ‘The Loveliest Time’

Carly Rae Jepsen’s Reclusive Stadium Pop on ‘The Loveliest Time’

Carly Rae Jepsen’s The Loveliest Time expands her B-Sides offerings by creating a compilation that distinguishes itself from its predecessor.

The 13 Best Pop Albums of 2022

The 13 Best Pop Albums of 2022

The 13 best pop albums of 2022 radiate with unstoppable playlist power, much-needed sweet escapism, self-reflection, self-criticism, and killer melodies.

Carly Rae Jepsen Brings Poignancy to Her Synthpop with ‘The Loneliest Time’

Carly Rae Jepsen Brings Poignancy to Her Synthpop with ‘The Loneliest Time’

For The Loneliest Time, Carly Rae Jepsen teams with talented musicians who continue to build on her affection for the shiny, glossy synth-heavy dance pop.

Carly Rae Jepsen Gets in Touch on ‘The Loneliest Time’

Carly Rae Jepsen Gets in Touch on ‘The Loneliest Time’

Carly Rae Jepsen’s The Loneliest Time is not without the glittery, carefree pop she’s famous for, but the singer gets personal in ways she hasn’t before.

The 15 Best Pop Albums of 2020

The 15 Best Pop Albums of 2020

The 15 best pop albums radiate with unstoppable playlist power and much-needed sweet escapism.

The 80 Best Albums of 2015

The 80 Best Albums of 2015

Travel back five years ago when the release calendar was rife with stellar albums. 2015 offered such an embarrassment of musical riches, that we selected 80 albums as best of the year.

Dixie Chicks Headline the Ally Coalition 6th Annual Talent Show

Dixie Chicks Headline the Ally Coalition 6th Annual Talent Show

Jack and Rachel Antonoff drew strong talent including Dixie Chicks, Jason Isbell, and Carly Rae Jepsen to the LGBTQ equality benefit for the Ally Coalition.

The 12 Best Pop Albums of 2019

The 12 Best Pop Albums of 2019

From "Old Town Road" to "7 Rings", from Lizzo to Lucy Spraggan, 2019 was a wild time for pop music, one where escapism was king. Now, as the year winds down, we simply can't escape how good these 12 albums are.

Carly Rae Jepsen, Pop’s Cult Darling, Is the Queen of Love on ‘Dedicated’

Carly Rae Jepsen, Pop’s Cult Darling, Is the Queen of Love on ‘Dedicated’

Carly Rae Jepsen's Dedicated lives in the explosive lift-offs and devastating crash-and-burns of coupling, those meaty emotionally hefty peaks of relationships that form the inverted bell-curve of the heart.

NPR Music ‘Turning the Tables Live’ at Lincoln Center

NPR Music ‘Turning the Tables Live’ at Lincoln Center

Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers, Jamila Woods, and Carly Rae Jepsen cycled through songs and conversation following an intro from I'm With Her.

Blood Orange: Freetown Sound

Blood Orange: Freetown Sound

It’s a flawed love-letter to the '80s, to the people who just want to dance, to the people who feel marginalized, to the people who feel oppressed. Given recent events, it’s an uplifting album in embarrassing times.

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