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 ...

Unlike the past few years where there were clearly dominant pop music storylines like the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef or Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, 2025 felt a bit more like a musical free-for-all.

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

The long-awaited return of one of rap’s most iconic partnerships has officially arrived. French Montana and Max B have formally reunited for their first full collaboration project since Max B’s return ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

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As 2025 comes to a close, one of the most significant stories in music, which will surely grow in importance in the coming years, is who—or what—will be singing the songs of the future. Recently a ...

Telisha “Nikki” Jones grew up steeped in gospel, blues and R&B. She sang in a choir and wrote poetry. But becoming a full-time artist was “never a dream of mine,” she said. That all changed in ...

Max B is back in the lab recording and confirms he's cooking up some new music. On Tuesday (Nov. 18), Max spoke to Billboard for his first interview since being released from prison. The Harlem rapper ...

After celebrating its most successful year yet, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is moving full speed ahead for its 2026 event. Months ahead of its takeover at NRG Stadium, RodeoHouston has ...

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...

YouTube has paid more than $8 billion to the music industry in the 12 months between July 2024 and July 2025, the company announced on Thursday. “Today’s $8 billion payout is a testament to the fact ...