In an age of dwindling attention spans, songs are the most discrete commercial musical unit and thus the most legible—or at least simplest—route for engaging with what the year in music had to offer.

Every June, the Paste team tallies up its favorite songs of the previous six months. It’s a great way for us to present our favorites to you, but also to each other. The cut-off date for these songs ...

Latin music has never been harder to categorize, and in 2025, a treasure trove of traditional rhythms came to the pop-culture forefront, hybridized with cutting-edge production from the realms of ...

2025 is winding down, and before we turn the calendar to 2026, let’s look back at some of the biggest songs in Top 40 music this year. Here are the 50 most played songs on Top 40 radio in 2025, ...

Mariachi music: 50 best songs of all time. Timeless classics, rancheras, serenades and new voices that keep the Mexican tradition alive.

I wouldn’t be here—in America, or inside my nervous system as it’s currently constituted—without American music. That’s no exaggeration. As a metalheaded, punk-rock-obsessed, hip-hop-curious English ...

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Our editorial staff picks the best songs from a year that's starting to be swarmed with big hits by big artists. The turnover at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this year has really been something to ...

(KTLA) — Pop culturally, the year tends to wrap up by early December, at least with music. Few artists want to drop anything they care about amid the holiday rush and the domination of holiday music.