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 ...

When the announcement about Rage against the Machine and Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello contributing a song to FFXIV came up during the presentation, Yoshida and Murouchi shared a pre-recorded video ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

In 1999, I interviewed Prince for TIME and he told me to leave my tape recorder off because he didn’t trust what future technology might do with unauthorized recordings of his voice. At the time, I ...

The most-played song in country music in 2025 is an RIAA certified, triple-platinum duet released two summers ago. After that, it's a lot of Morgan Wallen, Jelly Roll and famous country men. Seven ...

Stephen Colbert asked Swift to name her top five favorites of her songs during her Dec. 10 appearance on his show Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Taylor Swift is naming her favorite Taylor Swift track! During her ...

Hey Stephen, Taylor Swift is on the late show and she has some advice for whatever comes next. The superstar served as the only guest for the Dec. 10 episode of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," ...

NPR Music's list of the best 25 songs represent the upper echelon of our staff and stations' favorite discoveries from the past 12 months. For those who want to dive deeper, please check out our ...

"You know what's funny is every step of the way we had claw our way to the next level." "You lose a battle of the bands, normally you go, alright, well we're done. And we said, no, let's not be done ...

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