ICYMI: Last year, Brenda Lee campaigned hard around “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” — a song she recorded as a teenager — in hopes of knocking Mariah’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” from its ...

The year 2024 arguably belonged to the three rising pop stars whose songs took us out to the clubs (Pink Pony and otherwise) and back home to the bedroom.

While long-established stars like Taylor Swift and Beyoncé still ruled, pop music saw a changing of the guard as Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan broke through. The artists were ...