The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

Scientific studies claim that modern music has become simpler than ever before, both lyrically and musically. But are they ...

American Woman made Lenny Kravitz a star but his most beautiful song is a quiet acoustic tribute written for his mother.

The first solo album in three years from the New York rapper (and his first release since his twin 2023 stunners, the Kenny Segal collab Maps, which landed on our 2023 year-end list, and Armand Hammer ...

We asked and you answered. Earlier this month, we opened the polls and invited All Songs Considered's listeners to tell us their top 5 records of the year. We tabulated all of the ballots, determined ...

The 2002 anthem was featured in the HBO Max-Crave show’s fourth episode, whose source material also saw a massive audiobook streaming bump on the platform.

De Los writers name the best songs released by Latino artists in 2025 — including tracks by Bad Bunny, Cardi B, Fuerza Regida ...

The Oakland-based experimental artist Chrystia Cabral, a.k.a. SPELLLING, resists genre categorization in a way that allows ...

Taylor Swift tops Genius as most-searched artist, with ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ leading albums and ‘Wood’ ranking among top ...

A huge chart record has fallen: Mariah Carey 's 1994 holiday staple "All I Want for Christmas Is You" now holds the all-time record for most weeks at No. 1, with 20. Elsewhere on the charts, Ariana ...

Sure, we all love a good bop, but more substantial songs — the kind built around characters and narratives — can be just ...

They were called 'The Hit Factory' for good reason. Here are Stock Aitken Waterman’s 15 greatest songs, ranked.