True longevity in hip-hop is rare, and in recent years, Nas has been showing the culture how it’s done. When the world shut down at the start of this decade, he opened up. COVID and pandemic be damned ...

More often than not, a musician’s favorite song they ever wrote isn’t the same one that’s the most popular with the public, and that’s certainly true of Elton John’s favorite (and least favorite) ...

Music is one of those things that the more you know about it, the more there is to know. It’s like a rabbit hole that just keeps going. For instance, you may have a favorite song by a favorite artist.

In this list of the most famous one-hit wonders, Stacker has rounded up iconic single-hit musicians over the past 50-plus years including Carl Douglas, Devo, Right Said Fred, Aqua, and others.

Ever wonder what your favorite chart-topper would sound like if someone else had sung it? Many of the biggest hits in music history were actually written or recorded with completely different artists ...

The third round of voting to determine Elvis Presley's best song has come to a close, and the field of eight has been cut down to our final four. With the annual Elvis Week festivities underway, The ...

2025 was a great year for music. So many songs filled us with joy, love, reflection. With the year coming to a close, we wanted to look back with NPR's resident music critic, Ann Powers. Hey, Ann. ANN ...

Dolly Parton is one of the greatest songwriters of all time. She's given us countless hits like Coat of Many Colors, Jolene, Here You Come Again, and Whitney Houston's massive hit, I Will Always Love ...

Blake Shelton is picking favorites. During a recent interview on Bobby Bones' BobbyCast podcast, the country music superstar was asked to rank his top five albums from his own discography—and his ...

In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...