Variety's music writers pick 2025's best songs, from Lily Allen, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Dijon, Hayley Williams, Taylor Swift and more.

I did my consecration to Mary through the method of St. Louis-Marie de Montfort on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe almost 10 years ago. Ever since, I dreamt about the moment I’d be able to ...

Forecasting the Song of the Year is often a precarious and, some may say, foolhardy task, because if there’s one thing we know about Grammy voters, it’s that they like to keep us on our toes. “The ...

When Bruno Mars began sketching the idea that would inevitably become “Die With a Smile” three years ago, he ended up with a handful of lines for the first verse and part of the hook. He’d been ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

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A bill introduced by Republican Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio would prohibit Americans from holding dual citizenship, a change that could affect First Lady Melania Trump and her son, Barron, according ...

Everything changed for Lady A in 2009, with a song they never predicted would be such a massive hit. In 2009, the trio released “Need You Now”, a song band members Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, and ...

The streaming platform also announced several updates to its Replay feature, making a strong push to rival Spotify’s year-end Wrapped feature. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor Apple Music has unveiled ...

First lady Melania Trump has unveiled this year's White House Christmas decorations. In a post on X on Monday, Trump revealed the theme for this season, "Home Is Where the Heart Is." First Lady ...

Simbi Akande in 'My Fair Lady' - be careful what you wish for... It’s 1912 and the Suffragettes are demanding the vote, the mores and fashions of a still new century are asserting themselves and the ...

Wicked: For Good includes two new songs that were not part of the original Broadway musical. Following the film’s release, composer Stephen Schwartz explained how the new tracks – “There’s No Place ...