Listen to 68 tracks that made major statements, boosted big beefs, propelled up-and-comers and soundtracked the party this year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles Here’s a ...

Back in July, Luminate, which provides chart data for Billboard, shared the most-streamed songs of the year so far. In the top ten, only three songs were actually released in 2025, while the rest of ...

Another year has come and gone and that includes The FADER's annual lists of our favorite albums and songs. While compiling our 2024 selections, we suddenly had the thought of wanting to know what our ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ten of the best songs of the year, as determined by Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman, in no particular order. It is not only the biggest song of the year, but one of the ...

Stefflon Don has sold her pre-2024 music catalog to HarbourView. The deal includes both publishing and recorded rights.

Here are the 67 best rock and metal songs of 2024! While 67 songs feels like quite a generous crop, these standouts represent just a small, small percentage of the thousands of new tracks released ...

For Latin music, 2024 was yet another year of significant expansion — both on the commercial front, and in the stylistic detours and avant-garde tendencies favored by artists across the Americas.

Apple Music users, rejoice because 2024's Apple Music Replay is officially here, and it arrives with a bunch of new updates. After much anticipation, Apple Music released the Replay 2024 experience on ...

Apple Music Replay, the sister-streaming launch to Spotify Wrapped, is out. Users can now get up close and personal with their Apple Music listening habits thanks to a data-driven report that reveals ...

2024 was a historic year for music, with Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” tying Lil Nas X’s record for longest-running Billboard Hot 100 No. 1. Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” put the recording ...

Last week, we unveiled our 100 Best Albums of 2024 list, which was topped by the likes of Jessica Pratt, Sturgill Simpson, Waxahatchee, Beyoncé, Fontaines D.C. and numerous other acts we still can’t ...

Our special coverage of the year in music continues with a look at the best songs of 2024, featuring Clairo, Tinashe, Chief Keef, Laura Marling and more. See NPR Music's complete list of the 124 best ...