Paste is the place to kick off each and every New Music Friday. We follow our regular roundups of the best new songs by ...

The once-maligned genre of nu metal has since been re-evaluated as the important, influential, unique moment for music and culture that it always was, and it’s been everywhere lately, so we’ve been ...

Sade reaches a new milestone as The Best of Sade climbs into the top 10 on Billboard's Top R&B Albums chart for the first ...

My favorite albums of 2025 weren’t exactly magic tricks, but you had to listen to them closely to keep from getting head-faked. A country music traditionalist was the freshest in his field. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Notably, all three singers had top 10 albums on album charts that preceded the introduction of the Billboard 200. (Because those ...

July is shaping up to be a light month for album releases as the music industry gears up for the fall season. We’re decidedly not getting our hopes up for Roddy Ricch’s The Navy Album after having ...

Five new albums debut in this week's Billboard Top 10, with sounds that span pop, R&B, K-pop and hip-hop. NPR's Stephen Thompson has the details. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: Next week, the story of the ...

Maligned by the more serious areas of rock's fanbase, pop-punk has had to fight for respect over the years. Much like the nu metal movement, it's a scene that has produced hit bands, long careers, and ...

We’re about a quarter-century removed from the days when nu metal ruled the airwaves, and the once-maligned subgenre of music continues to hold a hell of a lot more cultural significance than its ...

The 1960s and 70s were transformative decades for music, giving birth to genres such as rock, folk, and soul while introducing some of the most iconic albums in history. If you are looking to build a ...

I really thought there'd be more consensus this year around the best songs and albums. But if you spend any time with all the different lists dropping everywhere, you'll find they're all over the ...