Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A collage of five musicians. This year in music had no shortage of hits, but only a handful of songs truly rose above the rest.

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...

From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay. Right about now, music critics are sharing their favorite albums of the year or ...

Over on TikTok, 2025 was the year of talking to all the bluebirds, the bill and coo birds. The video app has named Connie Francis‘ saccharine 1962 hit “Pretty Little Baby” the Top Global Song of 2025.

The most-played song in country music in 2025 is an RIAA certified, triple-platinum duet released two summers ago. After that, it's a lot of Morgan Wallen, Jelly Roll and famous country men. Seven ...

Spotify Wrapped 2025 is now live, with the annual year-in-review rolling out in the Spotify app and revealing listeners’ top songs, artists, genres and streaming habits from the past year. Spotify had ...

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 ...