This list of NPR Music's best songs of 2023 looks unlike any we've ever made before. It's not just the number of songs that has changed. There are no rankings here — in fact, the 123 songs below ...

A playlist of 124 songs from our three critics’ lists to experience however you wish. By Lindsay Zoladz In the spirit of holiday excess and end-of-the-year summation, we’re about to make Amplifier ...

As we approach the halfway mark of 2023, a few things have become clear: Regional Mexican music is having a moment, Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” will never go away and Beyoncé and Taylor Swift ...

With May in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look back at the best songs it brought us. Ranging from shape-shifting disco to glorious emo-inspired power pop to surf rock-influenced post-punk, here ...

Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The album may be imperiled ...

Listen to Pitchfork’s favorite songs of 2023 and you’re bound to be blown back by the full spectrum of human emotion: the dizzying high of new love (“Rush,” “Padam Padam,” “Super Shy”), the vengeful ...

It’s been a great year for explosive hip-hop bangers, feelings-heavy pop spectacle, tenderhearted guitar jams, and feminist punk-rock, as well as an exciting time for dance music, K-pop, Afrobeats and ...

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