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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 2025, the one thing that seemed to connect the best albums of the year was the concept of home. As ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. A week after the Beatles charted several new hit albums as both ...

No one won the $70 million Mega Millions jackpot for the drawing on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. The winning numbers for Friday's drawing were 10, 50, 55, 58, 59, and the Mega Ball was 5. The jackpot for ...

Pop critic Ann Powers shares a handful the albums on NPR Music's list of the best of the year, including the one album that nearly the entire team agreed on. What were your favorite albums this year?

Putting it lightly, 2025 was a stressful year. It was a year where I found myself seeking escapism and comfort more often than usual, and for that reason, good music was sounding extra good. As my ...

The 2025 Big 12 season has come to an end, and the final results look far different than preseason outlooks. Texas Tech blew away expectations to earn its first outright conference title since 1955, ...

If we needed any more proof that the album isn't dead, 2025 was it. On this episode, Stephen Thompson is joined by Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen to run through 12 dazzling albums that stuck with ...

So this is the future? Judging by mainstream music in 2025, humankind is not in a particularly creative place. The year’s main storylines included the rise of AI slop and cartoon K-pop. A number of ...

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Nas and DJ Premier have officially delivered Light Years, their long-awaited collaborative album released through Mass Appeal. The project unites two hip hop giants whose creative bond helped define ...