From Rosalía to Beyoncé: 25 of the best songs released in 2022 – BBC

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Spanish star Rosalía made one of the year’s most forward-thinking albums

By Mark Savage

BBC Music Correspondent

With landmark albums from Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny and Rosalía, 2022 was a year where the globe’s biggest artists stretched the boundaries of what was possible in pop music.

But it was also a year marked by incredible laziness and craven opportunism.

Sampling came back in a big way but not a clever one. Classic hits were used as a crutch for weak songwriting, often lifted wholesale…

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