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The 50 Best Songs of 2025 So Far (Staff Picks)

3 days ago | flipboard.com | Katie Atkinson |Eric Brown |Leila Cobo |Mackenzie Cummings-Grady |Hannah Dailey |Stephen Daw | +18 more

3 hours agoWe're so back. Lila Moss attended the Saint Laurent Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 show on Tuesday in Paris. • For the outing, the model wore a totally see-through top with a polarizing 2010s trend: the high-low skirt. • Zoe Saldaña wore a similar style to the 2025 Oscars after-party. What's old is new again …
The 50 Best Songs of 2025 So Far (Staff Picks)

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Katie Atkinson |Eric Brown |Leila Cobo |Mackenzie Cummings-Grady |Hannah Dailey |Stephen Daw | +18 more

Generate Key TakeawaysThe 50 Best Songs of 2025 So Far (Staff Picks)As we mentioned in our midyear albums list, one of the biggest themes of 2025 on the Billboard charts has largely been about smash 2024 hits that refuse to die — songs by the likes of Benson Boone, Shaboozey and a record-setting Teddy Swims that are still populating the top 10 a year after originally climbing there.
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 So Far (Staff Picks)

4 days ago | yahoo.com | Katie Atkinson |Katie Bain |Eric Brown |Stephen Daw |Kyle Denis |Angel Diaz | +20 more

Generate Key TakeawaysThe 50 Best Albums of 2025 So Far (Staff Picks)Blockbuster albums have dominated the charts in 2025. Look at the Billboard Hot 100 at various points this year and you’d have seen multiple songs in the top 50 from Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet, Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft, Kendrick Lamar’s GNX and GloRilla’s Glorious, among others — many of which are still excelling on the chart even as we reach the year’s halfway point.
Die 20 besten Songs von Glen Campbell

1 week ago | flipboard.com | David Menconi |Stephen Betts |Melinda Newman |Joseph Hudak
Songwriters Hall of Fame: 8 Standout Moments From the 2025 Gala

2 weeks ago | billboard.com | Rebecca Milzoff |Joe Lynch |Robert Levine |Melinda Newman

Songwriters Hall of Fame: 8 Standout Moments From the 2025 GalaP-Funk, EGOTs, Beach Boys, surprise guests and more.
Songwriters Hall of Fame: 8 Standout Moments From the 2025 Gala

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Rebecca Milzoff |Joe Lynch |Robert Levine |Melinda Newman |Kristin Robinson

Songwriters Hall of Fame: 8 Standout Moments From the 2025 Gala“This one here hits different,” George Clinton told an assorted crowd of songwriters, artists and music industry players in New York City on Thursday (June 13) night as he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The 20 Best Beach Boys Songs (Staff Picks)

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Paul Grein |Jason Lipshutz |Joe Lynch |Melinda Newman |Eric Brown |Kristin Robinson | +1 more

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The 20 Best Beach Boys Songs (Staff Picks)

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Paul Grein |Jason Lipshutz |Joe Lynch |Melinda Newman |Eric Brown |Kristin Robinson | +1 more

The 20 Best Beach Boys Songs (Staff Picks)At his peak, Brian Wilson — who died this week at age 82 — went through periods the way a painter does. First, he made his family-and-friends act The Beach Boys a band for all seasons (but one in particular) with a handful of iconic West Coast classics of the beach and the open road.
Will Morgan Wallen’s ‘I’m the Problem’ Have the Endurance of His Last Two Blockbusters?

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Elias Leight |Jason Lipshutz |Melinda Newman |Jessica Nicholson |Andrew Unterberger

Another new album, another historic week on the charts for Morgan Wallen. On this week’s Billboard 200 (dated May 31), Wallen’s new album I’m the Problem follows his previous releases Dangerous: The Double Album and One Thing at a Time to a No. 1 debut — this time with a 2025-best 493,000 units moved, according to Luminate, falling just 8,000 short of the 501,000 posted by One Thing upon its 2023 bow.
Billboard’s 21 Under 21: See Who Made the 2025 List

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jeff Benjamin |Kyle Denis |Angel Diaz |Angel Díaz |Griselda Flores |Lyndsey Havens | +6 more

Billboard’s annual 21 Under 21 list snapshots the next generation of rising artists — but in 2025, the inescapable teen superstar has become increasingly rare. Ten years ago, this list was stocked full of acts who were already household names: Lorde, Shawn Mendes, Fifth Harmony and 5 Seconds of Summer. In 2021, Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish were both on the list. This year, however, such future stars are still ascending to ubiquity.