NPR's Juana Summers speaks with music critic Ann Powers about NPR's interactive "Best Songs of 2023" online tool. Right around this time of year, one of the things we always look forward to is getting ...

Our 100 favorite songs from a year where "pop" could mean just about anything. Theatrical emo balladry. Frisky K-pop. Pissed-off protest country-folk. Sentimental duet country-folk. Molasses-slow ...

“I don’t know how to feel, but I wanna try,” sang Billie Eilish, as Barbie, and in 2023, some of us knew exactly how she felt. (Or couldn’t.) Fortunately, there are about 35 million songs a year being ...

2023 was a huge year for country music. Streaming numbers for the genre’s biggest artists were through the roof. Big-name acts like Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, and Zach Bryan pulled in hundreds of ...

Songs just feel more personal. Every December, after the Stereogum staff votes on the year's best albums, we each submit a list of our favorite tracks from these past 12 months. Think of these lists ...

From Farruko to Kim Richards and Indiomar, here is a list of the 15 best Christian songs in Spanish this year. By Luisa Calle SEO Specialist, Billboard Español The boundaries of Latin Christian music ...

Was there a new song in 2023 that hit you particularly hard? Maybe it was one you listened to on repeat, ugly cried to, or one that just spoke to you and connected with you unlike any other song this ...

Kelly Clarkson already has two “new classic” holiday songs within her catalog of festive songs, according to the Top 10 ASCAP New Classic Holiday Songs, released by the American Society of Composers, ...

Are you disappointed by what your Spotify wrapped revealed about how you spent your year in music listening? Don't fret, we can easily upgrade your 2023 tune base. All year long, we’ve listened to, ...

Already making her mark on the zeitgeist in 2023 with Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey had one more thing to say earlier this month with her take on John Denver’s ...

For all of its exhausting megastar narratives and apparent monoculture victories, 2023 was, beneath the surface, an unpredictable year. Regional Mexican Music burst into the mainstream, underground ...

In 2023, it was harder than ever to capture the attention of the world with an individual song. With people often looking to the past — creating steaming and social sensations with old material — new ...