Chris Brown becomes the best-selling Black male vocalist in RIAA history, surpassing Michael Jackson in cumulative U.S. sales ...

The R&B world has had its share of heartbreak in 2025. And, sadly, another legend’s name has joined the list of those lost in 2025. As the clock quickly winds down on this year, the following is a ...

Some serious money. As 2025 slowly draws to a lose, any and all year-end charts are rolling out, thanks to Billboard, Spotify, Apple Music and more. Over the course of the past ten or so days, we’ve s ...

2025 was a standout year for country music, delivering a rich set of albums that celebrate both the genre’s deep roots & its ...

On our just-published year-end Hot 100 chart, 11 of the top 12 songs were released before 2025, and over half of them even ...

Released as a 78 B-side ("Lost in the Night" was on the A-side), "Merry Christmas, Baby" has become a timeless holiday ...

In 1973, James Brown formed an unlikely friendship with the Rev. Al Sharpton, who he met when Sharpton was a young civil ...

NPR listeners share the one song that hit them the hardest this year, and tell us why they laughed, cried, or simply couldn’t ...

Funk You Up” had a playful chorus that mimicked a game of musical chairs: “Get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, ...

The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — ...

Eighty-one years ago today, one of the most influential country music producers of the past few decades was born.

As the mysteries of Pluribus get deeper, the show’s focus on its lead character hasn’t diminished. By the end of the seventh ...