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 ...

In the following list, Stereogum's staff and contributors attempt to make sense of all those competing impulses to determine the best and brightest tracks of 2025. Boiling a whole year down to 50 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 lovers, are you ready to revisit your favorite songs and artists of 2025? On Dec. 2, Apple Music rolled out its 2025 Apple Music Replay. Like Spotify Wrapped, Apple Music Replay compiles Apple ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Spotify Wrapped 2025 is now live, with the annual year-in-review ...

On first listen, “total euphoria” sounds like the product of eight people playing completely out of sync with one another. The drums enter and exit the mix of their own accord; the guitars speed up ...

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 ...