This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

Just when you thought the post-Peak TV glacier of shows had melted into a puddle of mediocre algorithm-feeders, the medium snapped back to form in 2025. We may not be in the midst of a new golden age ...

Movies are the great escape. “Optimistic endings, passionate romances,” sings the incarcerated dreamer of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” who looks to old Hollywood movies as an oasis of beauty and faith.

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 ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kris Holt is a writer who covers video games and word games. It has been a huge year for Nintendo. Not least because the company ...

UCR's list of Top 25 Rock Songs of 2025 shows that the genre remains anything but predictable. There are a trio of duets, including one that was tossed off in less than a month and another that was a ...

Time magazine is spotlighting key players in the artificial intelligence revolution for its 2025 Person of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday. "The architects of AI" are the latest recipients ...

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 past year's best reissues, box sets and archival recordings cover the breadth of the field, from expanded versions of classic albums to lavish Super Deluxe Editions to long-lost records that haven ...

Which artist defined 2025? Spotify is ready to submit its answer. Spotify Wrapped, the much-loved annual personalized music report, revealed the artists – both stateside and globally – who dominated ...