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The 25 best Stranger Things needle drops, ranked
By Matt Mitchell January 4, 2026 | 1:30pm
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5 songs you need to hear this week (January 2, 2026)
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Every #1 hit song from 2015 ranked worst to best
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The 20 best K-pop songs of 2025
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Every #1 hit song from 2005 ranked worst to best
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The 15 worst albums of 2025
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The 50 greatest Christmas songs of all time
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The worst songs of 2025
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Every #1 hit song from 1995 ranked worst to best
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The 10 best music books of 2025
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5 songs you need to hear this week (December 18, 2025)
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The 15 best cover songs of 2025
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The 25 best rap albums of 2025
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Every #1 hit song from 1985 ranked worst to best
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The best EPs of 2025
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The best debut albums of 2025
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Every #1 hit song from 1975 ranked worst to best
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The best songs of 2025
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This week's best new albums to stream
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The best albums of 2025
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Every Taylor Swift Album Ranked
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The 25 most essential Blur songs
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The 27 best albums of 2023
By Drew Gillis, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Emma Keates, Tim Lowery, Saloni Gajjar, Mary Kate Carr December 13, 2023 | 1:00pm
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Beyoncé's 25 best music videos, ranked
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Snoop Dogg's 25 most essential tracks, ranked
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The 25 best cover songs of all time, ranked
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The best album by every artist in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2023
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22 great but seriously underrated Taylor Swift songs
By Saloni Gajjar, Mary Kate Carr October 30, 2023 | 7:15pm
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Essential Duran Duran: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked
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Essential Nirvana: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked
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The 50 greatest music videos of all time, ranked
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Essential Aerosmith: Their 40 greatest songs, ranked
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Essential Led Zeppelin: Their 40 greatest songs, ranked
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The 40 best comedy albums of all time, ranked
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40 years of Madonna: The Queen of Pop's greatest songs, ranked
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Essential Queen: 40 songs that will rock you
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The 30 greatest national anthem performances of all time, ranked
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John Williams' 20 greatest film scores, ranked
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine June 27, 2023 | 12:00pm
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The best albums of 2023 (so far)
By Peter Helman June 19, 2023 | 12:00pm
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The Police's 30 best songs of all time, ranked
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine June 15, 2023 | 12:00pm
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Essential Prince: His greatest songs of all time, ranked
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The 40 greatest movie soundtracks of all time, ranked
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Tina Turner's most unforgettable tracks
By Drew Gillis, Hattie Lindert, Saloni Gajjar, Matt Schimkowitz, William Hughes May 24, 2023 | 10:32pm
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The Cure’s 30 greatest songs, ranked
By Matt Mills May 9, 2023 | 12:00pm
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The 30 greatest Coachella performances of all time, ranked
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Essential Metallica: Their 30 greatest songs, ranked
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Essential R.E.M.: Their 40 greatest songs, ranked
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Just Can’t Get Enough: Depeche Mode's 30 best songs ranked
By Matt Mills March 22, 2023 | 12:00pm
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U2's 40 greatest songs, ranked
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine March 16, 2023 | 12:00pm
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10 tracks to remember Burt Bacharach
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Happy birthday, Elvis: 30 essential tracks from The King
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine January 8, 2023 | 1:30pm
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Happy birthday, David Bowie: Ranking his 20 best albums
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The 30 best albums of 2022
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8 Fleetwood Mac songs you can thank Christine McVie for
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Essential Elton John: Counting down the Rocket Man's 30 best songs
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"Weird Al" Yankovic's most essential songs: 25 stinging satires that still endure
By Stephen Thomas Erlewine November 7, 2022 | 1:00pm
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Every Björk album, ranked
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The 25 best albums of 2022 (so far)
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The 20 best frontpeople in modern rock
By Alex McLevy, Gabrielle Sanchez, Tatiana Tenreyro, Nina Corcoran, Shanicka Anderson April 11, 2022 | 12:33pm
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Every 2022 Grammys performance, ranked from worst to best
By The A.V. Club April 4, 2022 | 5:40am
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Every Sonic Youth album, ranked worst to best
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The 20 best songs of 2021
By Alex McLevy, Clayton Purdom, Saloni Gajjar, Nina Hernandez, Gabrielle Sanchez, Shanicka Anderson, Tatiana Tenreyro December 27, 2021 | 6:00am
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The best albums of 2021: The ballots
By Alex McLevy, Tatiana Tenreyro, Gabrielle Sanchez, Baraka Kaseko, Annie Zaleski, Lily Moayeri, Nina Hernandez, Clayton Purdom, Max Freedman December 23, 2021 | 6:00am
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The 20 best albums of 2021
By Alex McLevy, Tatiana Tenreyro, Gabrielle Sanchez, Baraka Kaseko, Saloni Gajjar, Clayton Purdom, Lily Moayeri, Nina Hernandez, Max Freedman, Annie Zaleski December 23, 2021 | 6:00am
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Every Weezer song ranked, from worst to best
By A.A. Dowd September 14, 2021 | 5:00am
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The best songs of 2021 so far
By Alex McLevy, Gabrielle Sanchez, Matt Schimkowitz, Tatiana Tenreyro, Saloni Gajjar, Shanicka Anderson, Cameron Scheetz July 9, 2021 | 3:00pm
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The best albums of 2021 so far
By Alex McLevy, Annie Zaleski, Clayton Purdom, Nina Corcoran, Baraka Kaseko, Tatiana Tenreyro, Gabrielle Sanchez, Matt Schimkowitz, Mosi Reeves, Shanicka Anderson, Saloni Gajjar July 9, 2021 | 5:00am
