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

Among thousands of new metal songs that came out in 2025, these 13 have been on maximum repeat.

The top country songs of 2025 prove that the next generation has arrived, and we're not just talking about the artists. Important songs from this year broke on streaming platforms or social media ...

It all goes by so fast! On this week's show, with the midpoint of 2025 upon us, we hit pause to take stock of the year's best songs so far. We've got pop bangers from PinkPantheress and HAIM, a ...

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 ...