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 ...

Bikaner, Dec 15 Bhajan Samrat and Padma Shri awardee Anup Jalota arrived in Bikaner on December 15 for ... Anup Jalota says PM Narendra Modi has asked him to record the full version of ‘Vande Mataram’ ...

Oscars Best Original Song Commentary (Updated Dec. 11, 2025): With 15 songs angling for the shortlist, there’s reserved seating for the animated frontrunner — “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” — and ...

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 ...

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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 ...

NPR Music's list of the best 25 songs represent the upper echelon of our staff and stations' favorite discoveries from the past 12 months. For those who want to dive deeper, please check out our ...

Stream this list on Apple Music and Spotify. See The FADER's 50 best albums of 2025. As the opening track to their debut album, “Real Life” feels like ear’s way of saying “hello world.” It begins ...

The publication shared the list earlier this week and it features a total of 50 tracks broken up into two categories. The first category, rounded up by writer Jon Caramanica, has "Caramel" from Sleep ...

Artificial-intelligence-generated “musicians” are now entering the charts at a pace that’s drawing worry from even the most bottom-line-focused label executives. What can everyday listeners do to ...

Sleep Token’s single Caramel is the best song of 2025, according to The New York Times. In a new piece put together by veteran music critic Jon Caramanica, the UK masked pop-metal outfit are number ...

More stories by Kevin P. Some of the year's biggest movie also featured some of its biggest songs. The Golden Globe nominees, including for Best Original Song in the Feature Film, have just been ...