Music this year evolved in the most eclectic way. From sensual and dreamy indie pop to wild and artistic dance anthems, the albums released this year have truly been hard to rank. These are the albums ...

Watch Billy Idol and The Warning pay tribute to 'La Bamba' and another legendary anthem in a mashup fans are calling 'pure ...

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

Once again and as always, the dance albums released in 2025 served as a reminder of the genre’s vastness. What's Your ...

Simply the best new dance tracks of the week. By Katie Bain This week in dance music: The king David Guetta became the first artist in history to clock 20 No. 1s on Dance/Mix Show Airplay, with “Gone, ...

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Each year at NPR Music, we curate two flagship lists: The Best Albums of the Year and The Best Songs of the Year. But there's a lot more recommendations and criticism where those came from. You'll ...

2025 was an odd one. The electronic music scene, at least a considerable part of it, reaffirmed its position as one of the most politically vocal cultural spheres. Amid the genocide in Gaza, political ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

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 ...

Twyla Tharp led the way with her distinct brand of American classicism, along with other artists who stepped it up. By Gia Kourlas Brian Seibert and Roslyn Sulcas GIA KOURLAS Dance is a physical act ...

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 ...