A selection of songs to build a great holiday soundtrack, from the great holiday films and TV episodes that are out there. Look, friends. There are now endlessly scrollable, curated Christmas ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

Sleep Token have beaten the likes of Drake, Lady Gaga and Sabrina Carpenter to The New York Times' Best Song of 2025. The prestigious American publication has unveiled its list of 48 tracks of the ...

Welcome to the sound of public radio in 2025. Our list of the best 125 songs of the year was curated by more than 60 writers and DJs across the NPR Music Network, and runs the gamut of sounds, scenes ...

NPR Music's list of the best 25 songs represent the upper echelon of our staff and stations' favorite discoveries from the past 12 months. For those who want to dive deeper, please check out our ...

Stream this list on Apple Music and Spotify. See The FADER's 50 best albums of 2025. As the opening track to their debut album, “Real Life” feels like ear’s way of saying “hello world.” It begins ...

Photos by Amy Sussman/Getty Images, Marleen Moise/Getty Images, Lester Cohen/Getty Images, Victor Boyko/Getty Images. The year 2025 began as a mess, and only got worse as time progressed. Everything ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

On first listen, “total euphoria” sounds like the product of eight people playing completely out of sync with one another. The drums enter and exit the mix of their own accord; the guitars speed up ...

Sixty-eight songs and 135 scores have been included on checklists sent to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Music Branch who will vote in the Best Original Song and Best ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...