Bruno Mars, Jill Scott and Mandy, Indiana have new albums on the way, and a frantic tune from an anime film is No. 1 in Japan ...

Even on his lesser-known albums, Billy Joel offered many excellent songs. Check out these four standouts as proof.

Dry Cleaning. Jenny on Holiday. An introspective debut from Mon Rovîa. Stephen Thompson from NPR Music is joined by Celia ...

Sault, the elusive R&B-and-funk collective led by producer Inflo, have returned with Chapter 1, their 13th album. The LP ...

90 tracks! Five hours! Remix the year in pop however you wish. By Lindsay Zoladz The longest Amplifier playlist of the year is finally here: five hours, 90 tracks, each of which was chosen as a 2025 ...

Rawayana's sixth album, '¿Dónde Es El After?,' is a vibrant show of Venezuelan pride amid conflict — with a prescient message ...

According to credits provided to streaming services, Chapter 1 was produced by bandleader Inflo and features regular ...

The final day of the 9th All Africa Music Awards has begun in Lagos, and excitement is building at Eko Convention Centre ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

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As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

The beautiful despair of Cameron Winter, the perfectly imperfect life of Lily Allen, the maximalist R&B of Dijon and more: here’s what our readers have had on heavy rotation The 50 best albums of 2025 ...