In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m 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 chart ...

Taylor Swift ’s “The Fate of Ophelia” tops the Billboard Hot 100 for a ninth week, besting “Anti-Hero” as the sole ...

David Bowie almost scrapped the song Rebel Rebel after worrying its raw glam rock feel pulled him back toward his Ziggy ...

Boasting one of the most distinctive voices in music and a personality to match, Dolly Parton is by all measures one of the ...

These famous artists re-recorded their own songs later in their careers, and might have produced better songs the second time around.

The official unofficial national anthem of South Africa. Go to any sporting event or large gathering in South Africa and 'Sister Bethina is likely to be played - more than once. South Africans have ...

Bob Weir rarely parted ways with his guitars. Over the years he spent as a founding member of the Grateful Dead — and ...

Some of the best music released in 2025 was put out by bands that are not well-known nationally. You may not have heard of ...

Drag superstar The Vivienne, musicians Ozzy Osbourne, D'Angelo and Brian Wison and Oscar winners Diane Keaton and Robert Redford are among those who died in 2025.

Black Sabbath released Paranoid in 1970 and almost ignored it, yet it became one of their most iconic songs of all time.

Shakira's journey from early creative expression, shaped by loss and observation, led to her global music superstardom.