Shazam today announced it is rolling out a new Popular Segments feature that reveals exactly which part of a song is most popular with listeners. For example, the image above shows that the given song ...

Over the past 50 years, the lyrics of popular songs in the U.S. have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports. The ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

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 ...

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 ...

On first listen, “total euphoria” sounds like the product of eight people playing completely out of sync with one another. The drums enter and exit the mix of their own accord; the guitars speed up ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

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YouTube has revealed which songs were the most popular in Korea this year! On December 3, YouTube Korea wrapped up 2025 by releasing several year-end lists that looked back at trends from the past ...

(KTLA) — Pop culturally, the year tends to wrap up by early December, at least with music. Few artists want to drop anything they care about amid the holiday rush and the domination of holiday music.

In need of a few deep cuts from the late 1980s to add some depth to your nostalgia playlist? The following songs from 1987, specifically, were pretty noteworthy hits back in the day but have since ...