In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...

Japanese singer Maki Otsuki was forced to abruptly halt her performance at an anime event in Shanghai, a move that highlights the growing fallout from renewed tensions between China and Japan. On 28 ...