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

Connie Francis' "Pretty Little Baby" was relegated to the B-side of a single when the American singer originally released the song in 1962. But this year it went viral as the soundtrack to hundreds of ...

Kansei Matsuzawa has become a standout in college football with his impressive kicking skills. The Japan-born player taught himself to kick using YouTube and tied a 43-year-old record with 25 ...

From the breakout Brooklyn band Geese to the Puerto Rican star and soon-to-be Super Bowl halftime performer Bad Bunny and ...

Some years, a handful of songs dominate our playlists, festival stages and social media trends. In others, the playing field feels a lot more level, greatness more evenly distributed. The last 12 ...

Music is different from film and TV. It’s emotional in a way that makes “objectivity” feel faintly ridiculous, and in the 21st century there’s no longer a shared monoculture to fall back on. So ...

Pluribus Episode 7, “The Gap,” barely features any dialogue, but incredible performances, stunning cinematography, and one ...

Since 1960, the Beatles—four fabulous lads from Liverpool, England—have remained the greatest rock and roll band in the history of music. How John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo ...

The top country songs of 2025 prove that the next generation has arrived, and we're not just talking about the artists. Important songs from this year broke on streaming platforms or social media ...

The Season 34 finale of “Dancing with the Stars” is here! The dazzling three-hour Nov. 25 episode will be the show's most demanding finale of all time. The season's five remaining couples will perform ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Samoa Joe climbed the top of the mountain for the second time when he won the AEW World Championship at Full Gear 2025. However, recent events and a blockbuster return could possibly see the end of ...