At the moment this fall when NPR Music's staff began discussing our picks for the best albums of 2025, the mere existence of the record we'd eventually name our No. 1 – in a landslide, it must be said ...

(KTLA) — It’s officially end-of-year list season as 2025 comes to a close. While this year has seen plenty of misses or underwhelming releases, it also provided some great material from stars, both ...

These are the 11 best metalcore and hardcore records of 2025. Hardcore and metalcore remain an ever-shifting landscape in the world of heavy music, representing both tradition and the future, ...

Pop critic Ann Powers shares a handful the albums on NPR Music's list of the best of the year, including the one album that nearly the entire team agreed on. What were your favorite albums this year?

2025 was an unusual year for pop music in general. The charts reflected existing listening habits, meaning that songs over a year old still hung around in the Top 10 (we're looking at you, Teddy Swims ...