Our staff's favorite songs from the past year of hits and deeper cuts. On the charts, 2025 was a year that often felt like flipping TV channels to find a new episode to watch and coming across nothing ...

Some years, a handful of songs dominate our playlists, festival stages and social media trends. In others, the playing field feels a lot more level, greatness more evenly distributed. The last 12 ...

Artists are constantly inspired to write songs about their life experiences and people they know or encounter. Whether it's a friend, partner, relative, or stranger, anyone could be an artist's muse, ...

There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...

There are plenty of songs about sports out there. Many are worth celebrating, and we're not talking about songs that have become associated with teams or sports-venue regulars, such as "We Will Rock ...

Kendrick Lamar has released a surprise song on his Instagram page, supposedly titled “Watch the Party Die.” On the five-minute song, he references Christian rapper Lecrae, Terrace Martin and what ...

Amidst all of the other Linkin Park news, the band debuted their first song with new singer Emily Armstrong titled “The Emptiness Machine.” The track starts off with vocals from Mike Shinoda and feels ...

Ever had a song get stuck in your head for a long period of time? An ‘earworm’ wiggles its way into your consciousness as a song—or more likely, a verse or two of one—with no plan of exit, leaving you ...

Two superstar collaborations hold down two of the Top 5 songs on the June 2024 Top 40 Country Songs list. Most surprising, however, is the straightforward country jam from an indie artist no one is ...

It's undeniable that Eminem is one of the greatest rappers alive, and he's got the catalog to prove it. His biggest songs of all time are included in that. The Detroit-bred rapper has dominated the ...

You can go in many directions when compiling a list of the all-time best country music songs. Which criteria do you use? Record sales, most streamed, most googled, number of weeks on the country ...

The universal language of music has united generations of lovers since the beginning of time. Falling in and out of love, grasping at unrequited love, mourning love lost and succumbing to deep love ...