Rolling Stone's Top 15 Songs of 2024 A Year of Surprises From All Over the Map

How many ways can you praise the music of 2024? Well, as the late great Quincy Jones would say, find 100 ways, because it was a year of surprises all over the music map. It was an abundant year to go searching for your next favorite song and discover new sensations. These are Rob Sheffield’s 10 favorite songs of 2024. (Although many other gems are over on my albums list, to avoid duplicating all the same artists.) Including, but not limited to: hits, flops, obscurities, pop flash, guitar ragers, rap bangers, country twang, indie slop, shoegaze heartbreakers, and karaoke room-clearers.

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