Rolling Stone ranks the best Afropop songs of the year featuring Adekunle Gold, Rema, Moily, Theodora, Tyla, Davido, Bien, ...

An Eritrean man alleged to be a people-smuggling kingpin has been extradited to the Netherlands by the United Arab Emirates. Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam had been on an international wanted list ...

Christmas has always made me nostalgic, but I have come to realize, with something of a jolt— perhaps because I just turned ...

From Drake and Gunna to Afrobeats: Barack Obama Drops His 2025 Playlist and It’s Way Colder Than Expected Barack Obama has once again shared his highly anticipated year-end music playlist, revealing ...

Christmastime is unofficially "Mariah Carey Season," as the pop star's ubiquitous Christmas hit, "All I want For Christmas," is the most-streamed Christmas song of all time, according to Forbes. But ...

NPR Music critics, editors and Tiny Desk producers each singled out one album they would recommend to anyone who came calling. The elite, no-skips albums of the year.

Spotify announced on Wednesday that, for the first time, it’s giving users more control over the streaming service’s algorithm. That’s at least how the company is framing the launch of its new ...

Abstract: Amharic stands as the second most widely spoken Semitic language globally, trailing only Arabic. As a result, it is a highly resourceful language for hardcopy-document collection, and ...

No matter your streaming service, you can listen to NPR Music's Best Songs of 2025. We've embedded Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon Music and YouTube Music below for your convenience. Make sure to ...

We asked 16 business leaders to share the songs that get them motivated and energized for the day. They named tracks by Beyoncé, Eminem, and U2, among others. Listen to their complete playlist on ...

Mastermind of Talking Heads and playlister extraordinaire, David Byrne, is kicking off the 2025 holiday season with a collection of songs for “people who hate Christmas music.” Byrne’s 32-track ...

Spotify Wrapped 2025 is now live, with the annual year-in-review rolling out in the Spotify app and revealing listeners’ top songs, artists, genres and streaming habits from the past year. Spotify had ...