As featured in ELLE’s best songs of April 2025: “Moody and bass-y, the verses of The Marías’ latest single creep in with lead singer María Zardoya’s delicate vocals. The resulting effect is eerie, but ...

The best songs of 2025 delivered viral moments, genre shifts, and cultural heat. See which Hip Hop and R&B tracks defined ...

“‘Help Me, Rhonda’ is my 16-month-old’s favorite song. A passing memory from our childhoods but it came to mind when my ...

After a few years away, Justin Bieber made a strong return in 2025 with “Daisies,” a breezy, guitar-leaning single from his ...

I wanted to finish this final 2025 wrap-up before New Year’s Eve, but moving playlists between services is still horrible.

Each year at NPR Music, we curate two flagship lists: The Best Albums of the Year and The Best Songs of the Year. But there's a lot more recommendations and criticism where those came from. You'll ...

Songs are history. They ground us in a time and place. And that could be felt acutely in 2025. So let’s celebrate some great ...

There were some fantastic music releases in 2025, and here are some of our favorites.

One of the best songs from one of the best metal albums of 2025. No Loss, No Love veered from savagely heavy, pick-scraped ...

With 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve' kicking off tonight, ABC revealed which songs Diana Ross will be performing.

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