From tongue-in-check antics poking fun at the music industry to heartfelt odes to salsa, here's what we loved this year.

Top 40 music this year. Here are the 50 most played songs on Top 40 radio in 2025, according to Mediabase. #50 squabble up – Kendrick Lamar #49 Party 4 U – Charli XCX #48 Apple – Charli XCX #47 Nokia ...

Peter Asher reflects on life with Linda Ronstadt and they conquered the pop charts with "Heart Like a Wheel" and its huge hit ...

A glance at some of those chart-toppers in 2025, including Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” Sabrina Carpenter ’s “Manchild,” Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” Huntrix’s “Golden” and Taylor Swift ’s “The Fate of ...

Released in 1994, Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas” is an up-tempo love song that talks about prioritizing time with a lover ...

The ‘Superman’ writer-director took time out from head-honchoing the DC Universe to make us a killer year-end playlist.

NPR listeners share the one song that hit them the hardest this year, and tell us why they laughed, cried, or simply couldn’t ...

The song landed its record 20th week atop the Hot 100 this week, blowing past Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" and Lil Nas ...

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey and "Christmastime Is Here" by Vince Guaraldi Trio are among the best ...

Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' has broken the record for most weeks spent at No. 1, logging 20 weeks on the ...

New data shows that people are getting into the festive spirit earlier than ever this year, and also playing more Christmas ...

In downtown Oklahoma City, the SPARKLE - Holiday Walk is making its gleaming debut this year at Scissortail Park.