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 ...

We say something like this every year, but now more than ever, a hit song is more than just a song. They’re always the soundtrack for years or moments in our lives, but now they’re also the soundtrack ...

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 ...

This year in music had no shortage of hits, but only a handful of songs truly rose above the rest. Whether they dominated the charts, took over social media or just refused to leave our heads, these ...

Country music had a banner year in 2025. In the past almost 12 months, artists like Morgan Wallen, Jelly Roll, Luke Combs, and more have reigned in the top spot on the charts. But while a lot of songs ...

Music publisher rankings for 2025 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Radio Airplay charts show Sony at No. 1 with hits from Kendrick Lamar and more.

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 ...

Welcome to the sound of public radio in 2025. Our list of the best 125 songs of the year was curated by more than 60 writers and DJs across the NPR Music Network, and runs the gamut of sounds, scenes ...

Apple Music shared its year-end list of the platform’s top music of 2025, and the most-streamed songs were primarily from 2024. Today (December 3) is Spotify’s turn, as Spotify Wrapped is out now.

Photos by Amy Sussman/Getty Images, Marleen Moise/Getty Images, Lester Cohen/Getty Images, Victor Boyko/Getty Images. The year 2025 began as a mess, and only got worse as time progressed. Everything ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lady Gaga had a magical 2025. --On Jan. 27, Gaga announced that her long-awaited new album, Mayhem, would arrive on March 7. The ...

Can you believe it's already time for your annual Spotify Wrapped 2025 report? The streaming service releases its very popular roundup of its users' listening habits every year, and music fans wait ...