Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

Lamar released an album in November and announced a tour that starts in April. Will that play a role in his Super Bowl set ...

The 45-minute studio album released by rapper and lyricist Kendrick Lamar in November, titled “GNX,” features a down-to-earth ...

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Kendrick Lamar dances during the music video shoot for "Not Like Us" at Nickerson Gardens on Saturday, June 22, 2024, in Watts, CA. (Image via Getty/Michael Blackshire) Kendrick Lamar was deemed ...

Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX” was surprise-released in late November and quickly became one of his highest-charting albums Exclusive Luminate data shows surprise album drops can potentially have ...

Taylor Swift lands the UK’s biggest vinyl album of 2024 with The Tortured Poets Department. Taylor’s 11th studio album tops the list with 112,000 units sold on wax, the highest yearly figure ...

While overshadowed by the fact that Kendrick Lamar released his album on the same day, this was a wonderful addition to the Father John Misty catalogue and probably his best release in nearly a ...

See our list of the five best albums and songs of 2024 (plus some honorable mentions) below. Christmas came early for Kendrick Lamar fans this year when the rapper surprise-released his latest ...

If that's indeed true, my favorite albums of 2024 could only arrive ... such as new records from pure geniuses Father John Misty and Kendrick Lamar, made their appearances much later but somehow ...

It’s never easy to distil a year’s worth of music listening into a neat list of 10 (or even 50) albums ... towards the end of a year when Kendrick Lamar sucker-punched Drake—thrice!— ...

Seasoned industry musicians like Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar are decades into their careers yet continue their tight grasp on culture and music regardless across generations. Always reinventing ...