Will Hodgkinson

How many trophies will Charli XCX take home for Brat and will the Beatles win for their AI-enhanced song? Our chief rock and pop critic offers his predictions

The solo album from the Blackpink singer (playing Mook in the hotel drama) is ruthlessly efficient pop, packed with guest stars from Rosalía to Raye

Londoners will get to revel in the 1970s golden age of mellow folk as the three legendary singers join forces

How many trophies will Charli XCX take home for Brat and will the Beatles win an award? Our chief rock and pop critic offers his predictions

A. G. Cook has worked with the singer since they met at a party a decade ago — now he’s been been crowned producer of the year

There are shades of Amy Winehouse in the way the 24-year-old Londoner combines mainstream appeal with an untameable quality

As previously unheard recordings of their 1978 tour of America are released, the punk band recall the overdoses, fights and minders with cattle prods that led to their break-up

Where making a hit always used to be about new music, now a song can be out for decades before a moment ignites it

The indie pop singer who made his name with Orange Juice in the Eighties has returned with a charming record after suffering from a cerebral haemorrhage

From the shock of Radiohead’s radical Kid A in 2000 through to Charli XCX’s brilliant Brat, our critics pick the records that have defined the past 25 years