Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo double their total number of No. 1 albums on a Billboard chart as the Wicked: For Good soundtrack debuts and leads the charge. Ariana Grande at the "Wicked: For Good" ...

It's time! Spotify Wrapped officially dropped Dec. 3, and as music lovers scramble to find their year-end curated playlists, we're taking a look at artists who defined 2025. Aside from music, a ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has selected its 10 best albums of the year, presented in no particular order and with a legend describing who might particularly enjoy them, in the vein of our ...

A rock legend is releasing his first solo album after more than 40 years in a band. Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea released the first single from his upcoming solo album. The eight-minute jazzy ...

As Thanksgiving weekend comes to a close, it’s time to break out the Christmas records and immerse yourself in snowy white tops and the cool breeze of winter. From music legends to new Christmas ...

The best albums of 2025 spanned seismic rage rap, intricate guitar music, protest folk, spacey dream pop, and laptop twee. A virtuoso of experimental electronic music re-emerged, a Brooklyn band ...

Critics listen to a lot of new music every day, which means they get to spend every December – or November, since that’s when several year-end lists have started popping up – harping on about how some ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

We love those classic Christmas recordings. And we cherish the chance to hear Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Barbra Streisand, the Beach Boys, Darlene Love and other greats sing these standards each ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This combination of cover images shows “It’s ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...