After scoring a controversial hit with "Try That in a Small Town," the country superstar mostly avoids politics in favor of ...

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 ...

Welcome to the seventh Songs of the Week of 2026. This week Andy Von Pip, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humphires helped me decide the list. We considered over 50 songs and narrowed ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. Check out last week’s roundup here. Song of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s Wicked follow-up movie, Wicked: For Good, is new in ...

At Paste Music, we’re listening to so many new tunes on any given day, we barely have any time to listen to each other. Nevertheless, every week we can swing it, we take stock of the previous seven ...

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 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. For much of 2025, it may have felt like music charts were devoid of hits and pop stars were slumping.