Here are the 51 best rock and metal albums of 2025. We're officially more than halfway through the decade. It's already produced its own crop of new ascending stars and quite a handful of veterans who ...

Award-winning actress Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa is back on the small screen, this time bringing the heat to BET Africa’s hit drama series Black Gold. The actress has landed a starring role as Azania, a ...

Taylor Swift created her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, as she was touring her discography around the world and falling in love with her now-fiancé, Travis Kelce — all under an incredibly ...

Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, "The Life of a Showgirl." Swift put out the word on her website shortly after a countdown timer expired at 12:12 a.m. Tuesday. On Wednesday, her site ...

Stopgap cash grab by the record company or the result of artist indulgence that can't be contained within the usual confines of a single LP? The double album has been both throughout its long and ...

Kendrick Lamar accepts the Record of the Year award for "Not Like Us" onstage during the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena. Shedding the K.Dot moniker in favor of his birth name, Lamar ...

Streaming has mutated the album as a format over the past decade, lengthening tracklists, shifting where likely hits get placed, and chipping away at song runtimes. But this year, artists seemed less ...

Charli XCX, Mk.gee and MJ Lenderman top our pop music critics’ lists this year. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Pareles The agendas for 21st-century musicians keep getting more ...

Musicians both established and up-and-coming stretched themselves in fresh ways over the last year, creating poignant moments of collaboration and challenge. By Hank Shteamer In 2024, jazz continued ...

Ahead of the arrival of Katy Perry’s new single “Woman’s World” tomorrow, the singer has revealed the title and release date for her next album. 143 — named after the Nineties pager code for “I love ...

We’re halfway through 2024 and just posted a list of our 40 favorite albums of 2024 so far, which includes multiple genres of music, including metal. For even more metal, we’ve now put together a list ...

I might be old-fashioned, but I like listening to albums. Spotify seems to always be fighting me on this. I like experiencing a collection of songs all at once, played in the order chosen by the ...