It’s been said that music can change the world. Some might denounce that as exaggeration, but at minimum, music does have the power to stir emotions and bring attention to worthy causes. Over the ...

It’s not hard to find 100 Drake songs worth compiling into a list of his best work. In an era when rappers drop multiple albums/mixtapes/”projects”/whatever in ...

There are many World Cup Songs, but these are the tracks officially adopted by FIFA for each soccer tournament since 1990. Find out which one is our favorite. By Griselda Flores Senior Editor, Latin ...

Music has long been a beacon of light for the LGBTQ community, at times a call to celebration and other times a source of solace. The songs documenting the queer experience are as diverse as the ...

The Beatles have the most No. 1 hits among all acts in the chart's history, with 20. By Xander Zellner More than 32,000 songs have appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 in the chart’s history. Of those, 1 ...

July 3, 2026 • On a special mid-year episode of New Music Friday, host Stephen Thompson and a lineup of NPR Music writers and critics reflect on their favorite albums of the year so far. June 26, 2026 ...