The first of the important year-end music industry data reports have come out for 2025, from Luminate Data and Chartmetric.

Spotify Wrapped will be released soon, announced Spotify Dec. 2. The annual music review offers a snapshot of users’ listening habits, highlighting top songs, artists, albums, genres, and podcasts.

Back in July, Luminate, which provides chart data for Billboard, shared the most-streamed songs of the year so far. In the top ten, only three songs were actually released in 2025, while the rest of ...

The year 2025’s standout tracks reflected shifts in sound, storytelling, and digital influence. Kehlani, Clipse, and Doechii each brought unique perspectives that resonated across platforms. These ...

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Apple today released its 2025 Apple Music year-end charts, highlighting new global listening trends, expanded analytics, and several unexpected chart-topping performances across streaming, radio, ...

Music snobs, your time has come. You can finally flex your listening habits from 2025. Apple Music Replay officially released Dec. 2 ahead of Spotify Wrapped, its competitor's end-of-year feature.

Each year at NPR Music, we curate two flagship lists: The Best Albums of the Year and The Best Songs of the Year. But there's a lot more recommendations and criticism where those came from. You'll ...

The music landscape keeps shifting beneath our feet. Every year brings a fresh wave of talent, voices you’ve never heard before that somehow feel essential the moment they hit your playlist. Right now ...

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As 2025 winds down, the annual Apple Music Replay gives you an easy way to look back at your top artists, songs, and monthly listening trends. Here's how to see it and share it. If you're an Apple ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...