We’re highlighting some of 2026’s most outstanding albums to date by rounding up the ones that have earned high scores and Best New Music designations with a quick list of RIYLs (that’s Recommended If You Like) and links to our coverage.

A tour movie, three era-defining albums, and one incomparable catalog later, we rank Billie Eilish's 20 best songs.

NPR Music's list of the best 25 songs represent the upper echelon of our staff and stations' favorite discoveries from the past 12 months. For those who want to dive deeper, please check out our complete list of the 125 Best Songs of 2025, which was ...

World Cup songs are almost always over-the-top and cheesy—but some are genuinely brilliant.

Something “Wicked” this way comes not only at the movie theater, but in the music world as well. “Wicked: For Good – The Soundtrack” drops 11 songs nestled in the second volume of the film, with a pair of them new creations from Stephen Schwartz ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s Wicked follow-up movie, Wicked: For Good, is new in theaters this weekend and with it comes a new batch of songs ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — One of the common criticisms of the Broadway musical “Wicked” is that its best songs are in Act I, leaving Act II to feel like a bit of letdown. By that logic, the same concern would extend to “Wicked: For Good,” essentially an ...

Obviously, nothing is as good as the original version. But these covers might make you stop in your tracks for a second.