In 1776, the founding fathers declared the birth of a nation called the United States - and 182 years later, Billboard debuted the Billboard Hot 100 chart to keep track of all of the songs that have ...

The Top 250 American Songs don't merely represent the best popular music of the rock 'n' roll era; they also tell the story of American music over the past 70-plus years. In the list below, selected ...

“Of all nations,” wrote Walt Whitman, “the United States with veins full of poetical stuff most need poets and will doubtless have the greatest and use them the greatest.” This prediction in ...

"Hotel California" by The Eagles, "Johnny Be Goode" by Chuck Berry, and "Good Vibrations" by The Beach Boys are among the best American rock songs.

On the eve of America's 250th birthday, NPR's Juana Summers talks with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Sheldon Pearce about songs that reflect the country's complex identity. In a country as ...