Variety's music writers offer their picks for 2024's best albums, including Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Charli XCX ...

which makes it perfect for a music connoisseur’s Christmas playlist. – Sam Armstrong Jimmy Smith’s pulsating version of “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” a carol whose origins date back to ...

2 hit “Take Care Of Your Homework.” Then came the funky George Clinton co-write “Testify (I Wonna)” and “I Could Never Be President,” which was then covered by David Ruffin ...