Insider ranked the 20 best songs of 2021, weighing factors like critical acclaim and listenability. Olivia Rodrigo has three songs on our list, including her smash debut "Drivers License" at No. 2.

We've already listed the best albums and songs of the year, so let's talk about the best new artists and breakthroughs of 2021.

The below list of the Top 40 Rock Songs of 2021 ranges from rock to metal, blues to prog and everything in between - the end results of an exciting and fruitful year. 40. Nancy Wilson, "4 Edward ...

This year, the pop-music world felt more wide open than ever. Our list of 2021’s best songs includes a beautiful indie-pop celebration of queer love, a reggaeton star tucking into some sweet ...

In 2021, ABBA will release five new songs, marking the first time in 35 years that the band has released new music.

With the start of a new week, it’s easy to fall back on old favorites. Of course, familiar artists have a way of getting you through the grind, of giving you a bedrock that can help you through ...

The 100 Best Songs of 2021: Staff List Our staff's favorite hit singles and hidden gems from the past 12 months of pop music.

The 50 Best Songs of 2021 So Far: Staff Picks Here are our staff's picks for the 50 best songs we've heard from this year so far -- including a handful technically released in 2020, but which were ...

These are the songs that punctuated 2021's first six months most emphatically, and that the Paste Music team will have in… ...

Many of the best songs of 2021 are on the best albums of 2021, listed here. But of course there are many more: peaks of other albums, onetime collaborations, singles, random streams.

Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year.