Top 10 Best Music Moments of 2024

'Brat' is currently the most critically acclaimed album of the year, and for all the right reasons. It is a perfect example of balance, with its brash EDM production contrasting extremely well with the vulnerable lyrical content.

The album's promotion was also very well executed, and it became Charli's best-charting album in many countries, including the United States. It's also amazing that it managed to chart better than her previous album 'Crash', which is one of her most mainstream releases.

Berlin's techno music scene is considered by German citizens a symbol of Germany's reunification in the early 1990s and has drawn many club-goers and techno fans from all over the world. Germany has been ahead when it comes to music, and I'm glad they got such a distinction.

Following the success of her critically acclaimed album 'Renaissance' (2022), which paid tribute to underground dance music, Beyoncé returned with 'Cowboy Carter', a country-infused record that garnered further acclaim and cemented her status as a crossover artist.

Not only did the album break several records on the charts, such as becoming the first album by a Black woman to top the Country Albums chart, but it also sparked discussions about Black artists' place in country music and boosted the listenership of Black country artists and country radio in general. I can't wait to see what more Beyoncé has to offer!

Fantastic performance, but they are so much better than the Kimmel show allowed them to be. Take a look at their Pepsi Center concert videos that have just been released. They're the best thing to happen to rock in many years.

Three sisters from Mexico, The Warning are a true rock band, with influences that stretch back from Muse to AC/DC.

They blew the roof off the place at last year's MTV VMAs, and the other night on Jimmy Kimmel as they established themselves as rock's hottest new band in their network TV debut with their song "S!CK."

Following her 2023 viral hit "Nonsense" and while she was opening for Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour", former Disney muse Sabrina Carpenter released "Espresso", a disco-infused single that proved she was a pop star in her own right and "Nonsense" was not just a fluke.

This is one of many great pop singles this year, and it will surely become one of 2024's most defining songs. She followed it up with "Please Please Please", which topped the Billboard Hot 100, and an album, 'Short 'n' Sweet', to be released this year.

Definitely one of the greatest pop songs of this year. I had it on repeat.

Taylor Swift deserves every Grammy she gets!

Tracy Chapman's public appearances have become more and more rare since the turn of the millennium, and she hasn't released any new album since 2008.

She came back into the spotlight when Luke Combs successfully covered her signature song "Fast Car" (1988), which she performed live with Combs at the Grammys, 36 years after its release.

This was a moment that fans of both artists have waited years to see. During a concert in Los Angeles for her Celebration Tour, the Queen of Pop invited another queen, Kylie Minogue, to perform "I Will Survive" and "Can't Get You Out of My Head".

This is one of those moments in pop music you will probably witness once in a lifetime.

Kylie's music always reminded me a lot of Madonna, honestly. It's nice that they have performed together now.

One of the most legendary concerts of all time!

I'm so glad Chappell Roan is getting the recognition she deserves. Not only is "Good Luck, Babe!" probably the greatest pop song of the year, but it also became her breakthrough hit on the Billboard Hot 100, having charted within the top 20 so far.

This smash success helped Roan's 2023 debut album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, crack the top 10 on the Billboard 200, peaking at #8 to this day. Prior to the song's release, she was the opening act for Olivia Rodrigo's "Guts World Tour," which likely helped her gain more fans.

Speaking of Olivia Rodrigo, Dan Nigro produced Roan's album and singles, and it perfectly shows.

I don't like Swift's music at all, but that is really impressive.

The Paris Olympics' opening ceremony was astonishing overall, but Celine Dion's performance at the very end was the definitive highlight. Not only was her rendition of Edith Piaf's "Hymne à l'amour" on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower flawless from start to finish, but it also marked her first performance in more than four years. This came after the COVID-19 pandemic and her diagnosis with Stiff Person Syndrome, a rare neurological disease that causes spasms and prevents her from singing as she usually does. It was great to hear her voice again, even though it was just one song. Now the real question is: will she be able to perform an entire set of songs again?

He released "Turn the Lights Back On", his first single since 2007. It's great to see him return.

She recently turned 80, and she came to perform at the Grammys for the very first time in her career. Thankfully, she lived up to her legacy.