Our staff's favorite songs from the past year of hits and deeper cuts. On the charts, 2025 was a year that often felt like flipping TV channels to find a new episode to watch and coming across nothing ...

Our editorial staff picks the best songs from a year that's really starting to find its groove. As we mentioned in our midyear albums list, one of the biggest themes of 2025 on the Billboard charts ...

With thousands of metal songs released in 2025, here's a ranking of the 13 best. Just trying to keep up with the dozens (sometimes hundreds) of new tracks dropping each week is a gauntlet. We all have ...

This year in music had no shortage of hits, but only a handful of songs truly rose above the rest. Whether they dominated the charts, took over social media or just refused to leave our heads, these ...

Alex Warren’s Ordinary is officially crowned the UK’s biggest song of 2025, Official Charts can confirm. The feat tops off a phenomenal year for Warren who, since making his Official Chart debut back ...

From peppy dance tracks to groovy hits, actors tapped into vibrant energies only to serve songs that were viral hits in 2025 and will continue to rule the playlists. As 2025 comes to a sweet end, here ...

Some years, a handful of songs dominate our playlists, festival stages and social media trends. In others, the playing field feels a lot more level, greatness more evenly distributed. The last 12 ...

Here are the 11 best prog metal songs of 2025! It’s truly been difficult to keep track of all the outstanding progressive metal songs released this year by both top-tier acts and artists who’re either ...

2025 was a strange year for rap singles, although some of the genre's biggest artists showed out with some bonafide hits. Hip-Hop in 2025 was highlighted by discourse about whether or not the genre is ...

How do you sum up a year in music when the song of the summer was a travel commercial? If “Nothing Beats a Jet2 Holiday” proved anything, it’s that the music landscape is in unprecedented territory in ...

NPR Music's list of the best 25 songs represent the upper echelon of our staff and stations' favorite discoveries from the past 12 months. For those who want to dive deeper, please check out our ...