Former President Barack Obama is giving us insight into the songs that made it onto his playlists this year. Obama released his favorite music of 2023 on his social media accounts on Friday and wrote, ...

Songs just feel more personal. Every December, after the Stereogum staff votes on the year's best albums, we each submit a list of our favorite tracks from these past 12 months. Think of these lists ...

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 ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with music critic Ann Powers about NPR's interactive "Best Songs of 2023" online tool. Right around this time of year, one of the things we always look forward to is getting ...

Here are the best rock and metal albums and songs of 2023. Perhaps the most plentiful year in new music yet, 2023 saw the release of a couple thousand albums and a few thousand singles all falling ...