Kendrick Lamar proved that he was a rapper, not like any other. Beyoncé and Shaboozey blurred the color lines in country music, and Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter gave us pop ...

In a year of exuberance and dread, songs came from every which way to comfort, to amuse, to haunt, to tantalize. Here, in descending order of greatness, are the 30 best of the year.