Jay-Z was left “heartbroken” over the sexual misconduct lawsuit filed against him by an anonymous accuser at the end of 2024. The “Empire State of Mind” rapper finally opened up about the shocking ...

After signing with the Atlanta Falcons this offseason, former Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is looking forward to getting the chance to bounce back from his disastrous 2025 campaign. "Last ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Former Denver music promoter and businessman Jay Bianchi will spend more than a decade behind bars after being convicted of multiple counts of sexual assault ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Half of the 10 most consumed songs in America in 2025 were released ...

Country music loves a love song, and it loves a partying song. Still, for decades, country music has also loved sad, heartbreaking songs, including these three, which all came out in 2025. Carly ...

It’s the exhilarating noise of Jersey music. The state’s music community is varied, expansive, passionate and largely based in the Asbury Park area. The year just passed was rich with new original ...

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 ...

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 ...

As 2025 winds down, let's take a closer look at the 13 best rock songs of the year and count down to the best of the best. Earlier this year, we gave you the 51 Best Rock and Metal Songs of 2025 and ...

It wasn't just the timing of Brian Norman Jr.'s lunging knockout win over Jin Sasaki in June that immediately put him in the running for Knockout of the Year. It was the aftermath, too. Norman evokes ...

Music in 2025 has had it all, from breakout new artists and big stars continuing to top the charts, to AI-generated artists igniting fierce debate online. To help us sift through the year in music, ...

A little over 6 months ago, Netflix‘s latest shock smash hit caught lightning in a bottle, went super viral, and sold a staggering number of song and album downloads. And prior to its release, barely ...