This is your essential collection of 2026 hits. Featuring the top viral tracks and essential album cuts from the greatest ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

Admittedly, I didn’t do my best at album exploration this year. I would power through listening to a project on new music Friday at the same pace I scroll through my social media feeds.These 10 were ...

As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

Welcome to the sound of public radio in 2025. Our list of the best 125 songs of the year was curated by more than 60 writers and DJs across the NPR Music Network, and runs the gamut of sounds, scenes ...

The result keeps BTS in the center of current pop coverage, even as older songs from their catalog continue to be compared by ...

The best music festival in Tennessee is not Bonaroo, nor is it Big Ears or CMA Fest; It's actually Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, according to the USA TODAY 10BEST Reader's Choice Awards. The Bristol ...