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To rank the top 10 albums of 2025, Pulse Nigeria sieved through a long list of fine releases to choose the best that stands ...

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An Eritrean man alleged to be a people-smuggling kingpin has been extradited to the Netherlands by the United Arab Emirates.

At this point, George Michael and Wham!’s pop hit “Last Christmas” is as essential to the festive season as tinsel and turkey. Now, 40 years on from the track’s release in December 1984 and it remains ...

There are just a few more days to enjoy Christmas tunes. If you want some inspiration in making your holiday playlist, here is a full list of the classics.

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Christmas music is a sacred holiday tradition and these songs defile that tradition by being so incredibly bad.

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 ...

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 ...

The best indie, underground, and alternative music videos of 2025. It’s that time of the year where I regurgitate all the music videos I’ve consumed over the last 12 months into your eyes and ears ...

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 ...