Juicy Couture tracksuits, voting for American Idol contestants on your flip-phone, Hurricane Katrina promos with Kanye, and ...

Carlos Santana didn’t always worry too much about wooing the pop charts. He and his band Santana delivered a few hit singles here and there, but usually when the audience met them at their ...

Members of the music branch culled this shortlist of 15 songs from a master list of 65 eligible songs. By Paul Grein “Golden,” the megahit from KPop Demon Hunters, and two songs each from Sinners and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Actress Jane Lynch will be in Montgomery County, Maryland, the last weekend of November for what she calls a “musical Christmas extravaganza.” Bringing Christmas cheer is just one of Lynch’s many ...

The nominees for Best Rap Song at the 2026 Grammys are in. Grammy SZN has officially commenced. On Friday (Nov. 7), The Recording Academy revealed all the nominees for the 68th Annual Grammy Awards.

Editor’s Note: This story appears in the Summer 2025 issue of XXL Magazine, on newsstands now and available for sale on the XXL website. “‘Chain Swangin’ was the first time I felt like I caught one ...

Dress worn by Naya Rivera in the role of Santana Lopez on the television series Glee. The v-neck, sleeveless, aqua blue shantung dress was modified from a bridesmaids dress made by Los Angeles bridal ...

As we approach the halfway mark of 2025, among the things we have yet to find out are how many weeks Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” will spend at No. 1, when Lana Del Rey’s supposed country album ...

The rock song that Glee boosted in the 21st century is none other than Journey’s 1981 hit, “Don’t Stop Believin’”. Released on the band’s album Escape, “Don’t Stop Believin’” was a pretty big Top 10 ...