Music journalism
（重定向自Musical Criticism）
![Music journalists (from left to right) Robert Christgau and Ann Powers and musicology professor Charles Kronengold at the 2007 Pop Conference at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, Washington.](/Images/godic/202501/28/Christgau_et_al_01A0654.jpg")
![Hector Berlioz, active as a music journalist in Paris in the 1830s and 1840s.](/Images/godic/202501/28/151_Franck_Hector_Berlioz0654.JPG")
![US music writer Robert Christgau was one of the first rock critics in the 1960s.](/Images/godic/202501/28/Robert_Christgau0654.jpg")
![American pop music critic Ann Powers](/Images/godic/202501/28/Ann_Powers_01A0654.jpg")
Music journalism (or "music criticism") is media criticism and reporting about popular music topics, including pop music, rock music, and related styles. Journalists began writing about music in the eighteenth century, providing commentary on what is now thought of as classical music. In the 2000s, a more prominent branch of music journalism is an aspect of entertainment journalism, covering popular music and including profiles of singers and bands, live concert, and album reviews.