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From nu-disco chart-toppers to sharp-tongued diss tracks, the best songs of 2024 proves that musical creativity is in rude health.

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From feats of graphic-design genius to inventively staged portraits, the best album covers of 2024 complete artistic statements of intent.

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The best reissues of 2024 are bringing classic albums back to life in ways fans have never seen nor heard before.

In Depth

Bringing pure festive joy back into the pop charts, You’re Christmas To Me saw Sam Ryder challenge the supremacy of pop music’s titans.

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Topping the charts for seven weeks in the US, Take A Bow has become one of Madonna’s most enduring ballads.

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With more than 100 million views on YouTube, Material Girl one of Madonna’s most iconic videos, arguably doing the most to define her image…

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A complex exploration of faith, family and psyche, I Would Die 4 U became an immortal part of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ finale.

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Matching a passion for adventure with dreamy vocals, the best Corrs albums present Irish folk music with a pop-friendly panache.

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Intense and expansive, Lykke Li’s 2014 album, ‘I Never Learn’, affirmed her belief that music ‘has to be personal if it’s going to be great’.

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As shown by this track-by-track guide to Madonna’s ‘Like A Virgin’, the album was a titanic release in what might be pop music’s finest year.

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