The longest Amplifier playlist of the year is finally here: five hours, 90 tracks, each of which was chosen as a 2025 ...

From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

Leona Lewis’s festive anthem, 'One More Sleep', has officially been crowned the most streamed British Christmas song of the 21st century. Released in 2013, the track, which peaked at number three on ...

Zach Top is slated to perform his song “Guitar” at the 2025 CMA Awards, and the lyrics describe his lifelong fascination with music. Zach Top is a 28-year-old country singer-songwriter and guitarist.

An AI-generated country song has topped Billboard‘s “Country Digital Song Sales” chart in the United States — once again highlighting how ubiquitous algorithmically generated music is becoming. The ...

Breaking Rust has reached the top of the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart with its single “Walk My Walk.” This normally would bring praise for an emerging artist, but the song was created by ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...

Michael Joseph Jackson was born August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana. The son of Joe and Katherine Jackson made his public singing debut as part of the Jackson 5 in 1964, joining his brothers Jackie, Tito ...

Here is the best progressive rock song of each year since 1969! Progressive rock began in the late 1960s and quickly became one of the most creatively fruitful and consistently satisfying subgenres.

BI looked at Billboard's year-end No. 1 singles since 1940 to determine the top song from each year. The list includes Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Prince, Whitney Houston, Adele, Dua Lipa, and more.