From tongue-in-check antics poking fun at the music industry to heartfelt odes to salsa, here's what we loved this year.

Ludwig Göransson and Stephen Schwartz lead the nominees for the 2026 Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards this year, the ...

Breaking down Rolling Stone's list of the best country and Americana albums of 2025, on a year-in-review episode of Nashville Now podcast.

Some of the movies that came out in the 2000s had a deep impact on the audience, but nothing will match the craze of this ...

A glance at some of those chart-toppers in 2025, including Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” Sabrina Carpenter ’s “Manchild,” Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” Huntrix’s “Golden” and Taylor Swift ’s “The Fate of ...

The longest Amplifier playlist of the year is finally here: five hours, 90 tracks, each of which was chosen as a 2025 ...

From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

NPR listeners share the one song that hit them the hardest this year, and tell us why they laughed, cried, or simply couldn’t ...

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey and "Christmastime Is Here" by Vince Guaraldi Trio are among the best ...

Dylan's Murder Most Foul is a haunting exploration of JFK's assassination and its impact on America. Packed with 74 song ...

Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Billie Eilish and Lady Gaga also featured across Apple's charts. By Jessica Lynch ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ collaboration “APT.” has officially been crowned the biggest song of 2025 ...

Here's hoping Joe Keery gets to wear more shoes now that Stranger Things has finished. Arkansas to become first state to cut ties with PBS: 'Not feasible' Taylor Swift cried offstage at her first ...