Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

Martina Navratilova at this year's Wimbledon. Tim Clayton / Getty Images Martina Navratilova has never been shy about putting herself in line for criticism. She defected from Czechoslovakia to the ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec Artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes are threatening the livelihoods of musicians and ...

Martina McBride made a name for herself, not only by choosing powerful songs, but also for her soaring vocals. In fact, some songs that McBride recorded would not be easy for anyone else to record ...

Professional songwriters can sometimes churn out multiple songs in a day. Other times, it takes a little longer to finish a song, as in the case of Gretchen Peters' "Independence Day," recorded by ...