For High School Musical's 20th anniversary, a queer writer looks back at the franchise and determines which songs had overt ...

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Giannis Xylouris, renowned as Psarogiannis and a master of the Cretan laouto, passed away at 83, leaving a profound legacy in ...

This was destined to be a Christmas-y week on the Hot 100: The week's chart reflects seven full days of holiday listening — streaming, airplay, sales — spanning from Dec. 19 through Dec. 25, with no ...

Rap in 2025 was all about experimentation. From the year’s first runaway hit, NBA player-turned-musician Gelo’s single “Tweaker,” to the maximalist ecclesiastics of Playboi Carti’s Music, or even in ...

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Holiday songs from Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé are on the list for moderate- to high-intensity workouts Brian Anthony Hernandez joined PEOPLE as a writer-editor in 2023. He was ...

With 2025 coming to a close, that means we've reached the halfway point for this decade. Difficult as that may be to believe, it is true, and it technically marks six full years of music, counting ...

For months, President Donald Trump has insisted that America's huge trade deficit could be tamed with one blunt tool: tariffs. In September, the numbers finally moved his way. New figures from the ...

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 ...

For decades, the country music industry has billed itself as the rough-hewn, rural cousin to the effete sounds of the city. That appears to be going out the window, as more and more country producers ...