As The Associated Press’ music writer, Maria Sherman has seen more than 80 concerts in 2024.

No one was expecting it.

Here are some of The Associated Press’ favorite music documentaries of the year — in no particular order — along with where to find them.

GloRilla went from being a choir girl to a husky-voiced rap queen, climbing the hip-hop ranks so high that she’s earned a trip to the White House.

When Aaron Pierre was cast as Mufasa, the weight of following in the late James Earl Jones’ legendary footsteps was enough to rattle any actor.

Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best songs of 2024.

Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman has chosen 10 of the best albums of 2024.

Did you have a “Brat summer” this year.

The Black pastor of a multiethnic congregation in Anaheim, California, has started a string orchestra for young musicians of color.

It was mostly Chris Stapleton’s night at the Country Music Association Awards.

Beyoncé is coming to your home on Christmas — provided you have Netflix and are tuning in to the Ravens-Texans game.

Pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course next year at Yale University.

It looks like the 2025 Grammy Awards may be a different kind of award show.

In a new video posted early Election Day, Beyoncé channels Pamela Anderson in the television program “Baywatch” – red one-piece swimsuit and all – and asks viewers to vote.

On the night before Election Day, at campaign events across the country, celebrities turned out in force for Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.

Country music has become a dominant force, bleeding into pop music’s mainstream.

Kamala Harris has Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

Beyoncé has spoken at a Houston rally for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, telling the crowd: “I’m not here as a celebrity, I’m not here as a politician.

Ken Page, a stage and screen actor who starred alongside Beyoncé in “Dreamgirls,” introduced Broadway audiences to Old Deuteronomy in “Cats” and scared generations of kids as the voice of Oogie Boogie, the villain of the 1993 animated holiday film ”The Nightmare Before Christmas,″ has died.

Taylor Swift has won the biggest award at the MTV Video Music Awards — the trophy for video of the year for “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone.

Morgan Wallen tops the 2024 Country Music Association award nominations with seven.

For “Live Drugs Again,” the The War on Drugs' upcoming second live album out Sept. 13, frontman Adam Granduciel wanted to do justice to the ways in which the band has grown.

Swedish supergroup ABBA has asked Donald Trump to stop using their music at campaign rallies, but the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign says it has permission.

The Democratic National Convention’s third night showcased a familiar former president in Bill Clinton and introduced more Americans to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

Lawyers for The-Dream, a Grammy-winning songwriter and producer, are seeking the dismissal of a woman’s lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault and other abuse.

Katy Perry will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards next month.

Tinashe is releasing her seventh studio album, “Quantum Baby,” on Friday.

The 2024 MTV Video Music Awards have moved to a new date because of the forthcoming U.S. presidential debate.

Sony says its profit rose 6.5% in the last quarter on robust demand for its video games, films and music.

Taylor Swift once again tops the MTV Video Music Award nominations.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ first 2024 presidential campaign video is soundtracked by Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” a cut from her 2016 landmark album, “Lemonade.”.

The sun is hot, but the tunes are hotter.

Post Malone and Doja Cat, two of pop music’s biggest stars, will headline this year’s Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on Sept. 28, as organizers focus on mobilizing young people to help address the world’s pressing problems.

Justice Clarence Thomas is belatedly acknowledging more travel paid for by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow, while several colleagues reported six-figure payments as part of book deals.

Broadway has had great success with “Hello, Dolly.”.

A former protege of The-Dream, the Grammy-winning writer and producer on some of biggest hits by Beyoncé and Rihanna, has filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and other abuse.

The 2024 BET Awards are fast approaching.

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Nigerian singer Tems' debut album, Dakota Johnson plays a woman questioning her sexuality in “AM I OK?”.

Let the debate begin.

Paul McCartney is a billionaire Beatle.

Drake is the leading nominee for next month’s BET Awards, followed closely by Nicki Minaj.

Thousands of Taylor Swift fans are following her across the pond after missing out on her U.S. concert tour last year or being put off by marked-up ticket prices.

In 2018, the censors who oversee Chinese media issued a directive to the nation’s entertainment industry.

Taylor Swift continues to dominate in the week following the release of her 11th album, “The Tortured Poets Department.”.

Movie theater owners who gathered in Las Vegas this week for the annual CinemaCon convention and trade show are still feeling the high from “Barbenheimer.”.

Beyoncé has made history once again.

Aligning with Monday's total solar eclipse, Missy Elliott announced her first ever headlining arena tour.

First, Beyoncé arrived at the 2024 Grammy Awards in full cowboy regalia — making a statement without saying a word.

On Wednesday, Beyoncé shared the track list for her forthcoming album, “Act ll: Cowboy Carter.”.

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Beyoncé's “Act ll: Cowboy Carter,” a Amazon Prime docuseries about BTS member J-Hope and “Madu,” a documentary about a Nigerian boy who dreams of being a professional ballet dancer.

Beyoncé will appear at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards to receive the show's innovator award.

Beyoncé is full of surprises — and on Tuesday, dropped yet another one.

What were Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell made for.

Beyoncé is making history once again: The superstar singer became the first Black woman to top Billboard’s country music chart.

Bradley Cooper hopes his film “Maestro” will increase awareness about Leonard Bernstein.

Beyoncé is back with two new country tracks — “Texas Hold ‘Em” and “16 Carriages.”.

Las Vegas will be flooded with so many pre-Super Bowl events that Shaquille O’Neal lowered the prices to his popular carnival-themed “Shaq’s Fun House.”.

When the Super Bowl halftime show was born, college marching bands were the main on-field attraction.

Coco Jones went from being a Disney child star to reshaping her image and finding her musical voice en route to five Grammy nominations, including best new artist.

When Hit-Boy walks the Grammy red carpet, he expects to proudly strut into next year’s awards ceremony with his father beside him for the first time.

It’s not a secret that Fantasia Barrino did not want to play Celie again.

Looking for something to watch this holiday season.

This year’s five Associated Press Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year includes actors and musicians who flowered in 2023.

Taylor Swift's incomparable year has reached another milestone — the concert trade publication Pollstar says Swift’s Eras Tour has earned more than $1 billion.

At the multiplex, “Barbenheimer” ruled.

Beyoncé ruled the box office this weekend.

Movie theaters turned into concert venues this weekend as Swifties brought their dance moves and friendship bracelets to multiplexes across the country.

Movie theaters are readying for an onslaught like they’ve never seen before beginning Friday when “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” debuts.

A documentary chronicling Beyoncé‘s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday.

On Tuesday night, the elusive pop producer Jai Paul opened his tour leg at the Los Angeles' Mayan Theater.

Gannett, the United States’ biggest newspaper chain, posted two unusual job listings to its site.

Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards for her “Anti-Hero” music video on a night full of surprises.

Music fans, it is time to bid adieu to the sunny, slow summer months.

Beyoncé shined the brightest in a city full of Hollywood stars during the second night of her epic Renaissance Tour show on Saturday night.

Shakira will receive the Video Vanguard Award at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards next month.

A 17-year-old has pleaded not guilty to hate-motivated murder in a stabbing that followed a clash over men dancing.

A world of hair, makeup and manicurists have been idled by the Hollywood strikes at a time when they were still rebuilding from the covid shutdowns.

A 17-year-old has been indicted on a hate-crime murder charge in a fatal stabbing that followed taunts and confrontation over a group of men dancing shirtless.

Taylor Swift tops the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards nominations.

It has been three years since hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion was shot in the feet following an altercation with the Canadian rapper Tory Lanez.

The fatal stabbing of a gay man after a confrontation between a group of friends who were dancing to a Beyoncé song and a group of young men who apparently took offense has outraged New York City’s LGBTQ community and spurred Beyoncé herself to post a tribute.

Rapper Travis Scott released his first album in five years on Friday, the 19 track “Utopia."

Drake says his new album, “For All the Dogs,” may drop in “a couple of weeks."

Louis Vuitton has kicked off Paris Fashion Week men’s shows with the much-anticipated debut collection by Pharrell Williams.

Tina Turner has died at age 83.

Tens of thousands of fans have descended upon the Swedish capital of Stockholm to celebrate the opening show of Beyoncé’s new world tour.

The pioneering and scandalous French stage star Sarah Bernhardt was one of the world’s most famous women by the time of her death in 1923.

Yup, it’s that time of year again.

While haters and stans debate Rihanna’s Super Bowl halftime performance, she joins a contingent of famous women to capture a cultural moment with a pregnancy reveal.

Harry Styles has won four prizes including album of the year at the U.K.’s leading music awards, the Brits.

Tickets for the first concert of Beyoncé’s upcoming “Renaissance” world tour have sold out.

The 65th Grammys were back in full swing Sunday.

For almost as long as the 50 years of history celebrated on Sunday's Grammy awards, rap artists have had an uncomfortable relationship with the music's biggest institution.

The Grammys have evolved from their humble beginnings handing out 29 awards into a daylong feast of music.

Harry Styles won album of the year at the Grammy Awards, taking home the top honor on a night that Beyoncé dominated and became the ceremony’s most decorated artist.

Singer-songwriter Jessy Wilson was questioning her career in music when she landed a song in the action epic “The Woman King.”.

Could Beyoncé make Grammy history this year.

The rumors are true, Beyoncé is touring again.

Trevor Noah says he feels more comfortable hosting the Grammy Awards for a third-straight year, but the former “The Daily Show” host still has some nervousness about leading the ceremony with big-time acts like Beyoncé, Adele and Harry Styles looking on.

Unemployment didn’t last long for Trevor Noah.