Take a look back at 2011: The Year In Music, through pop, hip-hop, country, touring, branding, dance music, the charts and more. See all our coverage here at the Year In Music hub... By Billboard ...

December 5, 2011 • Our list spans more than a dozen genres and includes artists well-known and brand-new, but every one opened our ears to something new. These are the albums that made us hand our ...

Billboard's Women in Music feature recognizes the female executives who drive our business forward with vision, dedication and hard work. Featured here are 2011's Top 40 Women in Music, artist award… ...

Here are my ten favorite albums of 2011, with number one at the top and number ten at the bottom. Of course, this is just how I feel right now—everything could change tomorrow. PJ Harvey, Let England ...

December 26, 2011 • Pop has hardly just developed this pretty potty mouth. But never have so many artists spilled profanity so blissfully, or embraced salaciousness with such ease.

Was 2011 the most electronic year for music on record? Even the air in 2011 was electric, fizzing and crackling with excitement. Yet, one look at all the superlative charts from 2011 w and you’d ...

It’s been a lot of fun cataloguing and recognizing the best video game music of the year. We’ve gone from AAA blockbusters to indie games, sweeping melodies to ambient synths, heroic themes to ...

End-of-the-year recaps are supposed to provide closure for the prior 12 months, but 2011 isn’t one of those years you can sum up easily. That’s because 2011 feels like a transitional stage to ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nielsen SoundScan, the entertainment industry's data information system that tracks unit point-of-purchase sales of recorded music product and Nielsen BDS, the music ...

Clever, artful music videos are the little self-contained moments of happiness that we often forget to enjoy. That’s why we’ve collected 25 of the year’s best for you right here. You’ll find plenty of ...