Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...

2025 was also the year of flexing on TikTok. A trend that gained traction on the platform in late May, "Holy (freaking) airball" videos, showed users bragging about what they are known for or other ...

Fifteen years after Animal and Cannibal, Kesha is finally feeling glittery again. Now that her long legal battle with producer Dr. Luke is over, she’s ready to reembrace her career breakthrough, which ...

Notice anything unusual about this year’s top hits? Yes, more than half of them are from last year. What’s going on? Sure, factors like release schedules, timing (a song that was already charting in ...

Apple Music Replay 2025 is out, and users are sharing their top listened-to artists with the world. Apple Music announced that Drake was the platform’s most-streamed artist of 2025. ROSÉ and Bruno ...

Some of the best country songs have been released in the last few years. In fact, some of the best country songs came out in 2024. These four songs all came out last year, and are really good, even ...

More than six decades after its release, "Pretty Little Baby" by the late Connie Francis found new life on TikTok this year, even landing at No. 5 on the platform’s global Song of the Summer list. The ...

Experts weigh in on whether those viral TikTok tests are a real litmus for a couple’s connection. By Catherine Pearson Layne Berthoud, an occupational therapist who lives in Los Angeles, did not ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the TikTok deal announced last month is set to be finalized on Thursday when President Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "We reached a ...

From Lagos to the Grammys, Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems has conquered the global stage without compromising who she is. “Authenticity is everything to me,” she says. “That’s the one thing I cannot ...