From Mariah Carey to Gucci Mane, these Christmas albums, EPs, and mixtapes shaped the season and defined the soundtrack of December. Stream the picks here.

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Bryson Tiller revealed he almost signed with Drake’s OVO Sound He chose RCA after a lack of communication from Drake Tiller says he would have been happy as an OVO writer “I’m being so blunt. Honest.

Kansas’ class of 2024 was stacked with elite talent, as we all know. The Jayhawks finished with the highly-coveted Flory Bidunga, who finished as the 14th-best player in the nation, Rakease Passmore, ...

As happens with most music genres, reports of R&B's demise have always been underconsidered and premature. Still, the ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

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 ...

This year in country music was all about artists discovering ways to innovate old forms and traditions. In some cases, like Eric Church’s Evangeline vs. the Machine and Carter Faith’s stunning debut ...

The Italian director first collaborated with the Hans Magnus “Snah” Ryan/Bent Sæther nucleus to score neo-Western “The ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 29: Bryson Stott #5 of the Philadelphia Phillies looks on from the dugout prior to the start of the game against the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on May 29, 2024 ...

So this is the future? Judging by mainstream music in 2025, humankind is not in a particularly creative place. The year’s main storylines included the rise of AI slop and cartoon K-pop. A number of ...

Recently, in casual conversations, I’ve been asked for my opinion about the October report that “No Rap Songs Are in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 40 for the First Time Since 1990” more so than my ...