In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

Our staff's favorite albums from the year that was. Is pop now officially an albums-driven genre? The year 2025 made a strong argument for the answer being “yes.” Acclaimed sets from rising stars like ...

South African multi-award-winning singer Sjava recently announced the release of his upcoming album, INkanyezi NeZinkanyezi The popular star revealed that he will drop the album in January 2026 on his ...

Stream this list on Apple Music and Spotify. See The FADER's 50 best songs of 2025. In a chronically online, AI-slop-embedded hellscape, Don’t Tap the Glass is Tyler, the Creator’s surprise social ...

There are many throughlines in the list you’re about to scroll through: triumphant comebacks, showstopping debuts, thrill-seeking left-turns and emotional documents of grief and pain. But what stays ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this ...

As the seasons continue to change with more rapidity and the weeks turn into months that roll into years, there are at least a few constants: death, taxes and Taylor Swift. Even if she’s not on tour ...

Pink Floyd has plenty to celebrate this month as one of their most beloved albums approaches a major milestone. While the legendary band’s The Dark Side of the Moonhas long dominated the charts, their ...

At latest count, there were 11 different CD editions and eight different vinyl editions released of the album. The number of exclusive digital-download deluxe versions, meanwhile, grew by the day ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Two versions of ABBA’s Gold reenter the U.K. charts, with the ...

Singer Sjava spoke about meeting Lwah Ndlunkulu for the first time and creating magic in the studio The two artists worked on the hot song Home, and Sjava recently narrated how it came about Social ...