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.

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Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars' Die With A Smile, released in August 2024, broke the Spotify record for the fastest song to reach 1 ...

Each year at NPR Music, we curate two flagship lists: The Best Albums of the Year and The Best Songs of the Year. But there's a lot more recommendations and criticism where those came from. You'll ...

Apple Music officially kicked off year-end season with its 2025 Replay, unveiling global and country-specific rankings that spotlight the songs listeners kept on repeat all year. Leading the worldwide ...

More than 60 years after its release, Connie Francis' "Pretty Little Baby" becomes TikTok’s most-used global song of 2025 as millions embrace the vintage track Screen Archives/Getty TikTok names ...

Record a voice memo on your phone telling us about a song released in 2025 that hit you particularly hard. Maybe it's one you listened to on repeat, made you cry, or just spoke to you and connected ...

As October 2025 comes to a close, it’s once again clear that K-pop didn’t just participate in the month’s global music conversation but was one of the drivers. Across pop, R&B, electronic, and rock, ...

As 2025 winds down, let's take a closer look at the 13 best rock songs of the year and count down to the best of the best. Earlier this year, we gave you the 51 Best Rock and Metal Songs of 2025 and ...

What were rock radio's most played songs of 2025? Using the Mediabase chart for Active Rock's year-to-date tracking of radio spins running from Jan. 2025 to present, it's been determined that Papa ...

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