Pop star Britney Spears has taken a dispute over business expenses, medical deductions, and accuracy-related penalties ...

Counting down some personal favorites, including a major rap tour, the sublime bridge in a breakup song and Timothée Chalamet ...

Rolling Stone ranks the best Afropop songs of the year featuring Adekunle Gold, Rema, Moily, Theodora, Tyla, Davido, Bien, ...

Moroccan rapper French Montana kicked off the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with performances at the opening ceremony, ...

Songs about love, sex, tax and demon hunters ranked among the best music of 2025, according to a "poll of polls" conducted by ...

Admittedly, we do get excited about MOJO’s essential review of the year each time December rolls around, but 2025 really has proved to be a vintage one when it comes to new releases. Alongside ...

Simply the best new dance tracks of the week. By Katie Bain This week in dance music: The king David Guetta became the first artist in history to clock 20 No. 1s on Dance/Mix Show Airplay, with “Gone, ...

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 ...

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 ...

As long as I’ve tabulated this list of the best in Chicago dance, I don’t think any year has been quite as gratifying as this one. Frankly, I love an underdog. So, to witness the exhilarating ...

2025 was an odd one. The electronic music scene, at least a considerable part of it, reaffirmed its position as one of the most politically vocal cultural spheres. Amid the genocide in Gaza, political ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...