UCR's list of Top 25 Rock Songs of 2025 shows that the genre remains anything but predictable. There are a trio of duets, including one that was tossed off in less than a month and another that was a ...

Here are the 51 best rock and metal songs of 2025! We know you all have a long, long list of your favorites from this year, whether it's in a playlist curated by our streaming overlords and ones ...

Welcome to the sound of public radio in 2025. Our list of the best 125 songs of the year was curated by more than 60 writers and DJs across the NPR Music Network, and runs the gamut of sounds, scenes ...

Bored with Top 100 Classic Rock Songs lists that are dominated by the same handful of artists? We put a twist on that: You’ll still find all of the expected legends on the below list, from Aerosmith ...

TouchTunes, the jukebox industry giant, has revealed the most played rock songs of 2025 through their jukeboxes, sharing both the Top 5 current rock songs as well as the Top 5 older catalog songs that ...

Unlike the past few years where there were clearly dominant pop music storylines like the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef or Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, 2025 felt a bit more ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

The first big surprise this year was the nomination for Linkin Park’s comeback LP, From Zero. It’s their first record in seven years, the first since the death of of Chester Bennington, and the formal ...

Classic rock was ever-evolving in its heyday. Every year brought a new sense of direction for the genre, making it hard to define what bands make up classic rock. The three bands below were certainly ...

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 ...

UPDATE (Dec. 3): Carnie Wilson has been added to the list of honorees for the 14th annual She Rocks Awards, taking place Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, at the Anaheim Hilton during the NAMM Show. Wilson ...

When the dust settles on 2025, what songs will remain in heavy rotation? We look back at a dizzying amount of music and share some of our picks for the best tracks of the year. What you'll hear in ...