From Megan The Stallion to Venus Williams to Rihanna and beyond, this year Black women’s love stories took center stage.

These are three of the best country music songs of all time, which were all released more than three decades ago in 1989.

But in assembling the list of my favorite albums from 2025, what initially surfaced was a roundup of nine recordings by women artists. Robert Plant’s psychedelic folk gem “Saving Grace” was the only ...

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.

Closing out the year, breaking records. Ella Langley has had a standout year to say the least, and this is not the first record that the Alabama native has set in 2025. There is no denying that Ella L ...

The best-selling author of Julia Song Is Undateable shares her K-Beauty and writing routines ...

Harrison and Boyd married on Jan. 21, 1966. Throughout their marriage, she was the notable inspiration for many of The Beatles' classic love songs, including: "I Need You", "If I Needed Someone", ...

Dueling Safdie brother movie projects, Love Island USA chaos, a feces-filled And Just Like That … finale: looking back on an eclectic year for pop culture.

Donna Summer, the undisputed Queen of Disco, shocked the music world with her hidden talent for crafting timeless hits. Her ...

Only three songs held the #1 spot for two weeks or less, and six held it for five weeks or more. I think there are eight good ...

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

Lenny Kravitz’s best song isn’t American Woman but a deeply personal acoustic tribute he wrote for his mother early in his ...