Elton composed bespoke music with killer hooks and elegant plumage, crafting songs that fit him to a T, delivering them with falsetto flourishes and barrelhouse piano runs. On top of it all ...

Here are 50 of the songs that did the trick for the Variety music staff — representing the realms of superwoman super-pop (Chappell, Charli, Taylor and Ariana), hip-hop (Kendrick Lamar ...