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The 50 Best Songs of 2024 (So Far): Staff List
The 50 best songs released so far in 2024, as chosen by our staff.
By  Katie Atkinson, Eric Renner Brown, Hannah Dailey, Stephen Daw, Angel Diaz, James Dinh, Frank DiGiacomo, Thom Duffy, Griselda Flores, Josh Glicksman, Paul Grein, Lyndsey Havens, Rylee Johnston, Elias Leight, Meghan Mahar, Taylor Mims, Gail Mitchell, Jessica Nicholson, Danielle Pascual, Isabela Raygoza, Dan Rys, Michael Saponara, Damien Scott, Andrew Unterberger, Christine Werthman As Knox told Billboard in March, following his major-label deal with Atlantic Records, a friend teased, “That’s cool, but you’ll never be Matty Healy.” But with “Not T he 1975,” the singer-songwriter proves he can put a pretty damn good spin on the characteristic sound of that frontman — along with the rest of his band — as the pop-rock song (and 2024 pop radio hit) leans on ‘80s synth-fueled guitar, before exploding into a huge chorus that wraps its arms around your brain for weeks at a time. In search of her second major solo hit, Long entered the studio with two of the greatest R&B writer-producers of the post-Babyface era: Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox, individually or collectively behind indelible tracks like Jagged Edge’s “Let’s Get Married,” Mariah Carey’s “We Belong Together,” Usher’s “Confessions Part II” and Mary J. Blige “Be Without You.” These are all heart-on-sleeve piano ballads gussied up with enough potent drum programming to entrap rap fans, and “Made for Me” draws from the same lineage.
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