Our editorial staff picks the best songs from a year that's starting to be swarmed with big hits by big artists. The turnover at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this year has really been something to ...

In an era where music is always evolving, a sound that has been there is now changing with time. The kick drum that hits your chest, the percussion, the shakers, the congas, the subtle wooden clicks ...

Our staff's favorite songs from the past year of hits and deeper cuts. On the charts, 2025 was a year that often felt like flipping TV channels to find a new episode to watch and coming across nothing ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

The initial backers of “Please Call Me” inventor Nkosana Makate in his two-decade case against Vodacom are threatening legal action if they do not receive a portion of the settlement. Last week, ...

THIS week, the spotlight is on DJ and producer Nkosana Mpofu, better known as “8nine Muzique”, who has carved out a formidable name in the Deep House scene. Born on September 25, 1989, the Filabusi ...

THIS week, the spotlight is on DJ and producer Nkosana Mpofu, better known as “8nine Muzique”, who has carved out a formidable name in the Deep House scene. Born on September 25, 1989,8nine Muzique, ...

The dancefloor's 100 most essential tracks. The term “dance music” may conjure visions of heaving clubs, packed festival tents and partying with abandon, and certainly these concepts are a substantial ...

When Chuck D of Public Enemy famously called hip-hop “the Black CNN,” he was touching on a universal truth that goes beyond genre: Music and protest have always been inextricably linked. For some ...

If you’re like a lot of us, this past year might be one you’re not unhappy to see go. (Maybe you’d even like to see the swinging door slap 2024’s ass on the way out.) But then, also like some of us, ...

Sugar-rush pop, legit country soul, profound poetic storytelling, over-the-top rock & roll jams: Has any artist from the Sixties-Seventies golden era of singer-songwriters ever mastered all of these ...

Our 100 favorite songs from a year where pop was really back in full effect. As we build toward the 2024 Billboard Music Awards on Dec. 12 and Billboard’s Year-End Charts reveal on Dec. 13, check out ...