Two Thousand Twenty
In 2020, pop learned how much simple physical proximity affects music, and how to cope with isolation. Source
On social media this year, the stan was ascendant, fueling commercial competition, trolling and other arcane battles. How did we get here? Source
Major artists looking to top the Hot 100 this year turned to a familiar formula made all the more powerful by the proliferation of fandoms online. Source
The pandemic compressed live music onto screens, and Black Lives Matter protests brought it back to the streets. What will it all look like, and sound like, in 2021? Source
Listen to our critics’ favorites from a year in which much of the energy in music came from recordings. Source
Tracks responding to real-time events and a spectrum of moods captured the hodgepodge feelings of life in lockdown. Source
Isolation was unavoidable this year: Some albums embraced it, some raged against it, some tried to imagine a world without it. Source
A host of livestreamed concerts, the sounds of silence, time-hopping quartets and at-home divas were among the highlights. Source
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