This list of NPR Music's best songs of 2023 looks unlike any we've ever made before. It's not just the number of songs that has changed. There are no rankings here — in fact, the 123 songs below ...

Hot on the heels of Apple Music Top 100 Global Tracks list comes the 2023 edition of Spotify Wrapped, which reveals the most popular artists, songs and albums of the year – as well as give users ...

Where do songs come from? For now, they come from us — from our needs, our wants, our regrets, our scorn. Next year, they might come from a box brought to near-sentience by all the songs that came ...

R&B girlies sampling hip-hop classics, Latin divas tag-teaming for a knockout hit and Billie channeling Barbie were among favorites of THR's senior music editor. By Mesfin Fekadu It’s hard to think of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Summer isn’t a season. It’s a state of mind. Those roughly 100 days between Memorial Day and Labor Day turn you upside down. Summer, it’s been said, is like a merry-go-round. One ...

The FADER's transgender charity covers compilation FADER & Friends Volume 1 is out now, available exclusively on Bandcamp until December 1, 2023. 100% of the proceeds go towards the Transgender Law ...

Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The album may be imperiled ...