The New Year's Eve performance came while Nashville hosted its own country-focused celebration, Big Bash, featuring Jason ...

Get ready to feel all the feels with some of country music’s most heart-wrenching tunes. From tales of love lost and grief to ...

These excellent country songs from 1977 are artful examples of honky-tonk storytelling that might have been too honest for ...

For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

Sad country music reigns supreme no matter what time of the year it is... Even during the holidays, I simply cannot get ...

From a song by a certified superstar that came out in the very first week of January to breakthroughs from lesser-known indie acts, here are selections from NPR Music's list of the best songs of 2025.

It was another banner year for country artists in 2025. In addition to Moroney and Langley, there was a new class of artists all of whom experienced their first major flushes of success, including ...

The top country songs of 2025 prove that the next generation has arrived, and we're not just talking about the artists. Important songs from this year broke on streaming platforms or social media ...

This year in country music was all about artists discovering ways to innovate old forms and traditions. In some cases, like Eric Church’s Evangeline vs. the Machine and Carter Faith’s stunning debut ...

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 ...

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 ...

If there’s one thing we all know as proud (and slightly chaotic) residents of the Garden State, it’s that the North–South Jersey beef is eternal. The North hates the South, the South hates the North, ...