What made AP’s list of the top songs of 2024?
Associated PressNEW YORK — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular order. FILE - Future, left, performs with Metro Boomin at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival on April 14, 2023, in Indio, Calif. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Future and Metro Boomin have long made ideal collaborators, but this year’s joint album, “We Don’t Trust You,” felt like a long time coming. FILE - Sabrina Carpenter performs during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12, 2024, in Indio, Calif. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print For the caffeinated — or those in dire need of an energy boost — Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” emerged like all great pop hits should: Almost from nowhere, as addictive as its namesake and confounding in its lyrics, directly recalling the Y2K period of off-kilter pop songs with nonsensical lyrics atop sunny productions. “I Had Some Help,” Post Malone and Morgan Wallen Post Malone performs at the 57th Annual CMA Awards on Nov. 8, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn., left, and Morgan Wallen performs at the 57th Annual CMA Awards on Nov. 8, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Post Malone performs at the 57th Annual CMA Awards on Nov. 8, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn., left, and Morgan Wallen performs at the 57th Annual CMA Awards on Nov. 8, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Of any contemporary pop performer, Post Malone has benefitted the most from his ability to shapeshift. “Igual Que Un Ángel,” Kali Uchis and Peso Pluma Kali Uchis performs at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival on April 23, 2023, in Indio, Calif., left, and Peso Pluma performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12, 2024, in Indio, Calif. Kali Uchis performs at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival on April 23, 2023, in Indio, Calif., left, and Peso Pluma performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12, 2024, in Indio, Calif. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print One of the biggest music stories of the last few years has been the increasing popularity of regional Mexican music — a thrilling reflection of Latin music’s continued global growth.
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