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

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From indie singer Girlpuppy to R&B favorite Mariah the Scientist, here are the best albums (and a few EPs and mixtapes) by Georgia artists this year.

Kenya’s music industry reached new heights in 2025 since theyear brought explosive growth in streaming figures, breakthrough hit songs andfresh voices that rewrote the country’s soundscape.Kenyan ...

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

Christian music is growing in popularity while other genres struggle to grow new listenership. Experts and artists say there ...

Ahmed Bahaa, best known as the frontman of Egypt’s long-running band Sharmoofers, steps outside the group framework with the release of his hip-hop single ‘Sahran Bleil’, featuring rapper and producer ...

The project is composer Daniel “ Oneohtrix Point Never ” Lopatin’s latest collaboration with filmmaker Josh Safdie and spans 23 tracks, drawing from “neoclassical orchestration, widescreen synth ...

She’s Green, Samia, Gully Boys and Alan Sparhawk were among the local acts offering adventurous listens this year.

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