Listen to 68 tracks that made major statements, boosted big beefs, propelled up-and-comers and soundtracked the party this year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles Here’s a ...

A new AI-generated country music song has made its way to the top of Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart.

Last year, the Academy Awards' race for best original song could be fairly boiled down to a two-horse race between two deeply different — and equally excellent — songs from the blockbuster Barbie ...

As we approach the halfway mark of 2025, among the things we have yet to find out are how many weeks Morgan Wallen’s “I’m the Problem” will spend at No. 1, when Lana Del Rey’s supposed country album ...

To some, the ’80s were the best of times, to others, maybe the worst of times. But to all, they were some of the cringiest and corniest times. Between the hair, the legwarmers, the eccentric clothes, ...

Sugar-rush pop, legit country soul, profound poetic storytelling, over-the-top rock & roll jams: Has any artist from the Sixties-Seventies golden era of singer-songwriters ever mastered all of these ...

Here's the best "epic" song (lasting 10-plus minutes) from 11 big progressive metal bands! Back in July 2024, Loudwire looked at the best “epic” song by 10 classic prog rock bands. Now, it’s time to ...

Kenny Chesney's best songs are rockers, ballads, anthems, blasts of nostalgia and reminders of what it feels like to see him live in concert. The best Kenny Chesney song is all of these things. The ...

Taylor Swift has churned out countless hits over the years, from her debut lead single, "Tim McGraw," to the 10-minute version of her Red opus, "All Too Well." That track made her a global sensation, ...

Songs show up everywhere these days: appended to sports highlights and TikToks, piped into political rallies and Paneras, interpolated during sermons. This ubiquity often trivializes music, but it ...

The biggest music story of 2025 remains, as it has for many years, the very fact of how music is discovered, as streaming monoliths and social-media algorithms continually overtake what we hear and ...