Striking Bops from September 2026 | Playlist
![Striking Bops from September 2026 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/striking-bops-from-september-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Striking Bops from September 2026 features songs by Ashe, Dominic Fike, Greyson Chance, John Legend, LISA, and The Kid LAROI.
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Category Year in Review
Best of, worst of lists from a given year.
Striking Bops from July 2026 → Playlist
![Striking Bops from July 2026 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/striking-bops-from-july-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Striking Bops from July 2026 features songs by Charli xcx, Coco Jones, DESTIN CONRAD, Greyson Chance, Sam Smith, TEEKS, and Tyla.
Striking Bops from June 2026 | Playlist
![Striking Bops from June 2026 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/striking-bops-from-june-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Striking Bops from June 2026 features songs by Adam Lambert, Ariana Grande, kwn, Olivia Rodrigo, Steve Lacy, and Taylor Swift.
Best Songs of 2026 (So Far) | Playlist
![Best Songs of 2026 (So Far) (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Atlantic Recording Corporation, BIGHIT MUSIC, Blues Babe Records LLC, Columbia Records, Create Music Group Inc., DSING RECORDS, Durand Bernarr, Erskine Records Limited, Famous Studios, Geffen Records, Human Re Sources, Olivia Rodrigo, RAYE, The Orchard, Transgressive Records Ltd.; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/best-songs-of-2026-so-far.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Best Songs of 2026 (So Far) features songs by Bruno Mars, Jill Scott, Lady Gaga x Doechii, Noah Kahan, Olivia Rodrigo, and RAYE.
Striking Bops from May 2026 | Playlist
![Striking Bops from May 2026 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Canva AI; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/striking-bops-from-may-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Striking Bops from May 2026 features songs by Diljit Dosanjh, Durand Bernarr, Joyce Wrice, Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, and Wyatt Flores.
Striking Bops from April 2026 | Playlist
![Striking Bops from April 2026 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Gordon Johnson, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/striking-bops-from-april-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
Striking Bops from April 2026 features songs by BTS, Durand Bernarr, Jack White, John Summit, Lady Gaga & Doechii, and Ravyn Lenae & Dominic Fike.
60 Best Songs of 2025 | Playlist
![60 Best Songs of 2025 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Amusement, Atlantic Recording Corporation, Create Music Group, Inc., DSING RECORDS, Durand Bernarr, , Interscope, Island, KRA International Inc., RCA, Republic, Rimas Entertainment LLC, SMB Music LLC, Warner AcatXIo; faraindahouse (Artificial Intelligence), OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/60-best-songs-of-2025.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1)
60 Best Songs of 2025 features songs by Bad Bunny, Chappell Roan, Doechii, Kehlani, Sabrina Carpenter, and sombr.
Bops That Pop: Jan, Feb & March 2025 | Playlist 🎧
![Bops That Pop: Jan, Feb & March 2025 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Juan José Carranza from Pexels; AcatXIo, bookdragon, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Prawny, StockSnap, succo, TASFIQ UR RAHMAN NABIL from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/bops-that-pop-jan-feb-mar-2025.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
Bops That Pop: Jan, Feb & March 2025 features songs by Behemoth, Doechii, Ghost, GIVĒON, JENNIE, Lady Gaga, and Lil Nas X.
60 Best Songs of 2024 | Playlist 🎧
![60 Best Songs of 2024 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Artemas, Columbia, Darkroom, Interscope, Island, Kendrick Lamar, Parkwood Entertainment LLC, Republic, Rubyworks Ltd., Top Dawg Entertainment, Warner; faraindahouse (AI), OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/60-best-songs-of-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
60 Best Songs of 2024 features songs by Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Charli XCX, Hozier, Kendrick Lamar, and Omar Apollo.
12 Worst Songs of 2024 | Playlist 🎧
![12 Worst Songs of 2024 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Vika_Glitter from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12-worst-songs-of-2024.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
12 Worst Songs of 2024 features songs by Camila Cabello, Ice Spice, Katy Perry, Lil Mabu, Tom MacDonald, and ¥$.
40 Best Songs of 2024 (So Far) | Playlist 🎧
![40 Best Songs of 2024 (So Far) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; American Dogwood, Boominati Worldwide, Cole Redding, Columbia, Darkroom, EMPIRE, Epic, Interscope, Island, ISO Supremacy, Kendrick Lamar, Nice Life Recording Company, Night Street, Orville Peck, LLC, Parkwood Entertainment LLC, PULSE, Republic, Tinashe Music Inc., Warner, Wilburn Holding Co.; Gerd Altmann, Michael, OpenClipart-Vectors, From Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/40-best-songs-of-2024-so-far.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
40 Best Songs of 2024 (So Far) features music by Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, Sabrina Carpenter, Tinashe, and Tommy Richman.
11 Worst Songs of 2023 | Playlist 🎧
![11 Worst Songs of 2023 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Alana Jordan, Jawad Ali, Myriam - No AI pictures in my gallery., rafiq23, Sammy-Sander, Yogendra Singh from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/11-worst-songs-of-2023.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
11 Worst Songs of 2023 features music courtesy of Jason Aldean, Meghan Trainor, Morgan Wallen, Oliver Anthony, and Pardison Fontaine.