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In never-before-heard 2015 audio, D’Angelo talks about his musical roots, his creative process, and much more

Kenya’s National Police Service said a 20-year-old woman was crushed in a stampede near an entry to Nairobi’s Nyayo Stadium

After calling for peace between Young Thug and Gunna, 21 Savage ignited a broader debate about street codes, snitching, branding, and whether rap’s old moral frameworks still matter in 2025.

In a new profile of the 92-year-old Red Headed Stranger, Dylan offers his poetic take

“Mani was able to laugh his way through any darkness,” Brown said of his late Stone Roses bandmate

The one-night-only performance of Gaga’s Joker-inspired album was filmed last September and will hit YouTube later this week

“It’s a sad one to share during the holidays, but the world is hurting and we shouldn’t look away,” the collaborators said in a statement

The singer has rescheduled his January 2026 farewell concerts to accommodate his recovery

The final two episodes of the singer-songwriter’s tour docuseries premiere on Dec. 23

When the songwriter, singer, sideman, and DJ had his music removed from Spotify over suspected artificial streams, he raised a ruckus

The hip-hop pioneer talks about his first album since the Nineties, the state of hip-hop, and how he feels about ICE crackdowns

Bad Bunny said he apologized to J Balvin, presumably for the perceived diss he took at him on “Thunder Y Lightning” in 2023

Matthew Duckworth Kirksey added that “there is new music on the way and I think it’s the best thing we’ve done in ages”

“I can relate to them when I hear them speak,” the rapper says of the president and vice president

“Dream as One” singer discusses Avatar: Fire and Ash ballad and hints at how she might commemorate her breakthrough Disney show next spring

The songwriter covered Snider’s “Play a Train Song” as the encore of his Friday night show in Austin

The Texas singer, who released the album Rhinestone Requiem this year, has evolved into one of the genre’s ubiquitous voices with a second-act gig as a SiriusXM DJ

Both are from the pop icon’s 2023 Christmas album

The Fugees member’s lawyers said rapper should be allowed to appeal the verdict before reporting to prison in new filing

“I am hoping to gradually get back to performing and continuing pursuing my dreams,” singer-songwriter says a day after making first public appearance in three months

“My world fell to pieces around me in a heartbeat,” says Lauren, who was charged with firing at police amid a chaotic manhunt for criminal suspects outside her home

The Recording Academy revived the category this year; we ask two creatives to critique the five nominees

Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas will also perform alongside Ozomatli at the John C. Reilly-hosted event

“We got swept up in a level of exposure, pressure, and success that we didn’t know how to handle, and we made hasty, wrong decisions,” the duo wrote

Karl Jordan, Jr., has been awaiting sentencing since 2024 trial

The collab comes after wild speculation that Chalamet was the mysterious U.K. drill star, but more importantly — Lil’ Timmy Tim is back!

Raymond Boodarian was ordered commited to a state hospital for mental health treatment after his lawyer said she was “unable to make meaningful contact” with him during a recent visit

Ash Pournouri, who managed Avicii until 2016, two years before the Swedish DJ committed suicide, feels that he’s been defamed by a recent documentary, and a pair of authorized books

The country star received an invitation to join the Grand Ole Opry and saw his criminal record wiped with a pardon

The singer gives insight into her Eras Tour wardrobe update in the latest episode of ‘The End of an Era’

Looking for the week’s best new music? Check out our Songs You Need to Know playlist

YouTube’s move to stop sharing streaming data for Billboard’s music charts could change how we think about metrics

The rap king is also set to bring out some surprise guests during the Netflix special

“Men will let you down. The Eras Tour never will,” the singer says in the latest episodes of The End of an Era doc series

Former Beatle has played Höfner’s iconic “violin bass” since 1961

“I realized, ‘I’m 23, and I have to just start living my life,'” says the New York songwriter, whose Super Pedestrian was one of the best debuts of the year

After several years in the wilderness, and with at least two unreleased albums ready to go, the singer-songwriter has inked a deal with Sire Records

The song is a demo from the singer’s 2024 album Orquídeas that has been shared across social media

In an exclusive tribute, the musician recalls working with the late, great director on the soundtrack to When Harry Met Sally

Kato’s “Turn the Lights Off” made it to the top of a Spotify chart: “Never in a million years!”

“It’s a huge moment for us to be the first K-pop group to perform at NBA Crossover,” Cortis says

The former president’s annual rundown of his favorite music, movies, and books has arrived

In late April, the Tennessee Board of Parole held a nearly two-hour hearing to decide whether or not the artist’s decades-old drug and robbery offenses could be excused

The Atlanta plugg pioneer faced challenges that almost derailed his career, but now, he’s back and leading by example

The pop star reveals Easter eggs, outfit secrets, and the inspirations behind the visual for VEVO’s Footnotes series

The rapper is currently in the United States, and it’s unclear if Romania will try to force his extradition

All eyes now go to 2026, but bassist Colin Greenwood has a busy tour schedule with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Radiohead could be headed towards another hiatus

Artist also gives a surprising and perfect answer to whom she’d like to hear cover one of her songs

The longtime multi-instrumentalist appeared to confirm he’s no longer a member of the band in a now-deleted post on Threads

The end of Ebro in the Morning reignited long-running rap feuds and exposed deeper tensions about radio, relevance, and control in hip-hop media

Kristin Cabot, whose jumbotron smooch led to public shaming, owns her actions in new profile

“She was talking about where she had come from,” says Brian Dunne, whose Clams Casino album is one of 2025’s best

The U.K. rock group tells us how they reinvented themselves with help from producer Cate Le Bon

The star’s documentary series counts down to the farewell night of the Eras Tour

The star was the top artist on the platform in 2025

The internet giant expressed its frustration with the way subscription-supported streams are still weighted more than ad-supported streams

The star will host Saturday Night Live with Cher as the musical guest

“We have come together one last time to resolve our differences, so that the legacy of Jane’s Addiction will remain the work the four of us created together,” the band wrote

Breaking down Rolling Stone‘s top country and Americana albums of the year on our Nashville Now podcast

The stacked bill adds to a unique weekend where Wilco and Billy Bragg will perform songs from Mermaid Avenue

The future of the world’s greatest rock band is murky after they pulled yet another tour, but there are still many ways the Stones can remain active

The rapper popped the question in the middle of his Hometown Hero benefit concert

Cliff is being given a state memorial as a Jamaican hero. His eldest daughter, Odessa Chambers, remembers him as an even more powerful father.

The artist participated in a wide-ranging interview and performed an emotional six-song set at a New York cabaret

The singer-songwriter also addressed the heartache of tragedies in Australia, Rhode, Island, and Gaza

The title sequence for the hit show’s eighth season, featuring Lennox’s take on the traditional Scottish folk tune, “The Skye Boat Song,” premieres today on Rolling Stone

After going viral with her satirical “Might Go MAGA,” the rising country singer has a new song about the epidemic of bad men

The Doggfather will take center stage during the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings game on Dec. 25, streaming on Netflix

The artist had been found guilty of attempted murder and racketeering charges

“We’re gonna salute a Jewish songwriter we were not expecting to be saluting,” Ira Kaplan told the crowd

“The law hasn’t caught up to the science and what’s right for victims,” Ashley Walters’ lawyer says. “But I don’t believe this is the end of the road”

Ely, a legend of Texas music, died Monday at 78

Duo delivers folk magic with the help of Trey Anastasio and Jack Antonoff at the latter’s benefit concert

In our new video series, the singer — and recent cover star — goes deep on the music that has soundtracked her life: “When you find records that help you understand or see yourself, that’s powerful”

The R&B category is loaded with dynamite albums from nominees like Coco Jones and Teyana Taylor, but Thomas seems unstoppable

Part-play, part-concert, the production will run five nights a week at the Bowery Palace in New York beginning in February

The March 12 charity concert will also include appearances by Alexa Ray Joel, Gavin DeGraw, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tanya Tucker, The War and Treaty, Joy Oladokun, and Bettye LaVette

Ely, also a member of the Flatlanders, was at the forefront of Austin’s eclectic country-rock scene

The Atlanta rap superstar tries satiating hardcore fans with mixed results on What Happened to the Streets?

“He is cooperating fully and looks forward to the facts coming to light,” the singer’s lawyer says

The pop star said she was “grateful for this victory,” while a lawyer for the plaintiffs noted many of the allegations remain intact, “including false imprisonment and harassment”

The guitarist enlisted Stone Temple Pilots, MJ Lenderman, Daniel Donato, Maggie Rose, and more onstage in Asheville, North Carolina, a year after the region was flooded

In March, the musician was sued for $100 million by the brand Lost International, which claims her Mayhem designs rip off one of its logos

The singer talks about how she found new confidence on her anticipated sophomore album HOTCORE

Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Amber Mark, and Jae Stephens chronicled the chaos of dating on pristine pop albums — here’s what they taught us

“Get ready for Milano Cortina 2026,” the singer announced

“To use someone’s tragic death to promote your own vanity and fascist authoritarian agenda is a corrupt and narcissistic sin,” the musician says in defense of the late actor and director’s honor

The singer has shared the visual for her biting Lux single

The funk, soul, and R&B musician scored a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with his cover of “Everlasting Love”

An unbilled Springsteen sang “I Don’t Want to Go Home,” “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out,” “Merry Christmas, Baby,” and “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” with Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul

Was any song better-produced this year than one based on a Korean drinking game?

Sounwave and other key collaborators take us inside the making of the rap superstar’s latest, Grammy-nominated classic

“This has become an astoundingly frightening, violent, hateful, intolerant world … all we can really do is really try and profess our love for one another,” the Garbage frontwoman says

In court and online, the line between content creators, independent journalists, and legacy media is increasingly blurry

Allen performs two tracks from her latest album, West End Girl, with actress Dakota Johnson joining for one

He helped his daughter become a Tejano superstar at an early age, and guided her estate after she was slain in 1995

Two hip-hop icons deliver a heartwarming collaboration on Light-Years, the final installment in Mass Appeal’s “Legend Has It…” series

Musician combined avant-garde and American folk music elements with acid rock on group’s now-classic 1968 self-titled debut

Steinfeld announced the news in her Substack newsletter with a home video

Fans are convinced the small changes are an Easter egg for something bigger, like vault tracks