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 ...

This year in music had no shortage of hits, but only a handful of songs truly rose above the rest. Whether they dominated the charts, took over social media or just refused to leave our heads, these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even the artists who stuck to more familiar themes did so in ways that struck listeners as entirely new. When it comes to ...

What were rock radio's most played songs of 2025? Using the Mediabase chart for Active Rock's year-to-date tracking of radio spins running from Jan. 2025 to present, it's been determined that Papa ...

NPR Music critics reflect on the lyrics that captured the year's mood, sparked emotions and stayed with them long after the music stopped. Lyrics of a song can reach us in ways that no other speech ...

PHILADELPHIA - Christmastime is here, as Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson put it in the nostalgia-inducing song composed for A Charlie Brown Christmas in 1965. The soundtrack to that TV holiday ...

In 2025, the Nigerian music industry was supercharged with a collection of hit songs that tell the story of ambition and hold the power of superstardom. In Afrobeats, hit records are the vehicle that ...

With thousands of metal songs released in 2025, here's a ranking of the 13 best. Just trying to keep up with the dozens (sometimes hundreds) of new tracks dropping each week is a gauntlet. We all have ...

From Gustav Mahler to Lady Gaga, a peek into Lindsay’s past 12 months in music. By Lindsay Zoladz It’s time for one of my favorite annual Amplifier traditions: the songs that explain my year. Consider ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. After 2024 saw the likes of RM, Rosé, NewJeans, ATEEZ, aespa, ...