From long-awaited projects to breakthrough releases, here are the albums that made 2025 another solid year in music.

Queer artists have been defining music for years, and 2026 was no different. With legends like Lady Gaga, Cardi B, and Tyler, ...

The top spot for 2025 follows up on some other mega-certifications Swift received earlier this year from the RIAA when she ...

Continuing with our end-of-year coverage, following our Top 25 of 2025, Okayplayer shares our top artists of the year. From chart-topping releases to sold-out world tours, pristine album rollouts to ...

Cardi B may be a Bodega Baddie, but she’s loving being treated like a Saudi princess.

Cardi B showed off her new dermal implant and neck piercing in a sexy leather ensemble. The rapper appeared to get the new ...

Cardi B playfully promises to follow all of Saudi Arabia’s rules ahead of her Soundstorm Festival performance.

A huge, gloriously silly and brutally effective amalgam of abandoned styles ripe for reinvigorating — rap-metal, dream-prog, ...

Drake claimed the top spot on the Hip-Hop charts as his 2011 album “Take Care” outsold new releases.

Explore the diverse and unconventional expressions of style showcased by 67 individuals and entities that challenge ...

From breakout Brooklyn band Geese to Puerto Rican star Bad Bunny and dozens in between, NPR Music shares its picks for the ...

These local musicians – some with long-awaited breakthroughs, others with stunning introductions – made us take notice this year.