How do you sum up a year in music when the song of the summer was a travel commercial? If “Nothing Beats a Jet2 Holiday” proved anything, it’s that the music landscape is in unprecedented territory in ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

Billboard offers its take on the top country songs of 2025, including music from Cody Johnson, Tyler Childers, Lainey Wilson and more. It was another banner year for country artists in 2025. Morgan ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

A whistleblower who accused Wells Fargo & Co. of conducting sham interviews with minority job candidates will now be able to sue the bank over his firing. Wells Fargo lost a bid to place the former ...

Myanmar’s junta is organising elections for late 2025 or early 2026, but conflict, repression and irregularities undermine any chance of credibility. The Union Election Commission lacks transparency, ...

When Florida is in urgent need of more conservation land, why were 4 waterfront acres made the top priority? Max Chesnes is the Tampa Bay Times' environment and climate reporter, covering public lands ...

There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...

If you are going to promise users privacy, then you really need to follow through. Tea Dating Advice, a service that advertised itself as a safe space for women to anonymously share information about ...

The prolific Japanese filmmaker takes a 'Rashomon' approach to a real abuse case — with mixed results. The film is based on a real 2003 court case — and a subsequent book by journalist Masumi Fukuda — ...

The sham doctor charged with killing a mom of two described to cops how his patient started slurring her words and lost consciousness following a botched butt implant removal procedure at his Queens ...