Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Both Stray Kids and the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack made the United States’ list of the best-selling albums of 2025! American music data tracking firm Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music), which ...

In her first nomination, Buckley won for her portrayal of Agnes, William Shakespeare’s grieving wife in the drama “Hamnet.” By Derrick Bryson Taylor Jessie Buckley won the Golden Globe for best ...

Hamnet, the film Rolling Stone called “the most shattering” of 2025, broke through expectations to win the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture, Drama on Sunday night. The film’s director, Chloé Zhao, ...

In a stacked year for international features headlined by Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice and Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winner It Was Just an Accident, Brazil's political thriller darling The Secret ...

Fresh off of taking down the competition to win Best Animated Feature at the Critics' Choice Awards, KPop Demon Hunters is now officially golden. Netflix's global smash-hit musical adventure from Sony ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Paul Mescal, Pippa Harris, Nic Gonda, Jessie Buckley, Jacobi Jupe, Max Richter, Chloé Zhao, ...

I’ve recently discovered this band, and listening to their discography, I really admire that they keep pushing the boundaries of their sound. Their new album The Sky, the Earth & All Between really ...

The algorithms want you to listen to songs. And not even whole songs, but bits of songs that get chopped up and tumbled through as one reel jumps to the next. Buck the trend and listen to a whole ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. We are about a month away from the full list of Oscar ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Metacritic has unveiled its annual rankings of the best albums of the year, highlighting a diverse and genre-spanning collection of critically acclaimed releases. From ...

It’s easy to pinpoint when trends in music begin: People rally around a specific band or album, a new scene forms around a shared sensibility, or a particular sound permeates the zeitgeist. It’s more ...