If you’re someone who happens to enjoy music, we’re happy to tell you that you won’t have a problem finding music you like. While it may just be one genre, pop is a very expansive one. There are so many different kinds of artists within this one name, and it can be easy to drown in.
Justin Bieber ”Anyone”’
“I can’t think of a better way to close out 2020 and kick off 2021 than celebrating with my fans all over the world and sharing this new music with them,” Bieber said in a statement.
Ingrid Andres, “More Hearts Than Mine”
There have been so many breakup songs in country music that it could be its own subgenre. All the more impressive, then, that Ingrid Andres was able to tread new lyrical ground with her breakout single “More Hearts Than Mine.” Everyone knows that the two people ending a relationship are hurting, but what about the collateral damage of their partner’s family and friends too? This novel (and mournful) spin on a classic country trope, set against a fittingly spare piano-and-slide-guitar-forward production, just helped Andres become the only Nashville representative to score a nod in the Big Four categories at the 2021 Grammys. — KATIE ATKINSON
Jonas brothers ” what a man gotta do”
The JoBros go retro on this hand-clapping stomper that celebrates full-time commitment — no half-measures here. Add in a Bo Diddley beat halfway through and just try to sit still during this irrepressibly upbeat tune, co-written by Hofmeister Ryan Tedder. Even in a particularly banner year for pop, this song stood out as a blast of sparkling fizz, with a video that references Risky Business, Grease, Pulp Fiction and Say Anything and features the trio’s real life wives adding to the fun. — M. Newman
Demi Lovato, ”I Love Me ‘‘
Fans love Demi Lovato the way she loves herself, according to her single “I Love Me,” which debuted at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 (chart dated March 21). The song’s reflective video shows the 27-year-old singer fighting her inner-demons from the past and forgoing the “Jedi level sabotage” to finally feel secure in herself.
Sam smith- ”Diamonds”
“When I wrote ‘Diamonds’ — in 2019 in London — I was in the studio and I was pretending to be a really rich woman whose husband had left her and taken all her things. She’s just in this wedding dress in the middle of a huge mansion. Think Moira Rose of Schmitt’s Creek,” Smith explained “This wasn’t even going to be on the album, but I just kept returning to it in quarantine. The moment I knew this song was something was when I played it to my mum and she freaked out. I call it a sexy exorcism.
Roddy rich ”The Box”
On January 6, 2020, artist Keefa black revealed via twitter that Roddy added the intro after the song had been finalized, ”we made The Box at 6am in NYC after being up all night, you can only imagine my face when Roddy already finished the song and said “Wait let me add something” & EHH ERRR 🚪 EHH ERR was born”
