The best cover versions can truly reinvent a song – sometimes so much so that they become the definitive recordings. For our list of the best cover songs, we’re not just looking at non ...

Here's why "All I Want for Christmas Is You," which reemerges on the charts each holiday season, is on track to become the most successful song ever released. By Mesfin Fekadu Christmas may be ...

The first sounds you hear when you drop the needle — or click the digital file — on Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks are ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with the holiday season back once again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There’s nothing that brings the world together more ...

Fortnite Festival brings a fresh mix of free songs daily. Typically, they are the four tracks highlighted as Featured Songs and marked with a clock icon in the Backstage. That means you can play ...

Originally written in 1850, “Jingle Bells” is a true holiday classic. It has been a staple of the Christmas season for more than 150 years, and dozens of artists, including Michael Bublé, Dolly Parton ...

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is the greatest song ever recorded. Not just Christmas song, song – period. Having returned to the top of the charts time and time again – as is her ...

Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big ...

There’s something truly magical about a classic Christmas song and its ability to fill a person with the Christmas spirit, conjure memories of the kind of holiday you’re meant to dream of when ...

Once upon a time, Sean “Diddy” Combs was one of the most recognizable and respected figures in the music industry, causing him to be mentioned in some of the most popular songs in recent memory.

January 17, 2025 • NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes aboard Kara Manning of New York City public radio station WFUV to discuss the best new albums hitting streaming services on Friday, Jan.