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

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To understand the role of storytelling in contemporary pop music, researchers at UC Berkeley created a machine learning ...

The song, which came out in 1994 and first hit the top 10 in 2017, has now led the chart for the last seven holiday seasons.

On our just-published year-end Hot 100 chart, 11 of the top 12 songs were released before 2025, and over half of them even ...

Over the past 50 years, the lyrics of popular songs in the U.S. have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports. The ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Two songs from Tate ...

Here are 40 Christmas music classics for your playlist, from Mariah Carey to Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell and more.

Rosé, Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar and SZA have emerged atop Apple Music ‘s year-end global charts, as the service has revealed ...

Apple Music shared its year-end global charts for 2025, revealing the two songs that dominated streaming around the world. This year’s biggest songs were Rosé and Bruno Mars ‘ “APT.” along with ...

In these 100 songs, you’ll hear lusty dubstep, quietly subversive electronic pop, regional rap bangers, alt-country odysseys, ubiquitous chart-toppers, and much more. We were drawn to songs this year ...

Year End List Season really began in earnest today (12/1), and while Pitchfork has yet to drop their album list, they have unveiled their list of the Best 100 Songs of 2025. As usual it has huge hits ...