Pump up the volume and check out some of our favorite pop-punk and punk-rock songs from 2021 ahead.

From tongue-in-check antics poking fun at the music industry to heartfelt odes to salsa, here's what we loved this year.

Mariah supported Young Thug after he was arrested in May 2022 on charges of conspiracy to violate the racketeer influenced ...

Legacy. It’s a linchpin of what makes the blues such a vibrant and vital musical genre and a big part of the spirit of the ...

Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini.

Tate McRae's ex-boyfriends and past romances inspired her hit songs like Exes and Greedy. Uncover who she has dated from Cole ...

The longest Amplifier playlist of the year is finally here: five hours, 90 tracks, each of which was chosen as a 2025 ...

From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

NPR listeners share the one song that hit them the hardest this year, and tell us why they laughed, cried, or simply couldn’t ...

Nigerian singer, song-writer and record producer Chukwuka Chukwuma Ekweani, popularly known as CKay, has hit a major milestone with his hit song from 2021.The jam, ‘love Nwantiti’, recently hit over a ...