As a long and eventful 2025 draws to a close, NME remembers the influential and beloved musicians who left us this year ...

In fact, the songs that were huge in 2024 were still sucking up all the atmosphere. Those that did muscle through tended to ...

The world lost influential people in 2025, and some of their deaths had significant impacts. Pope Francis died in April, ...

At the end of the 20th century, hip-hop was booming, but the mood was dour. Two of the greatest rappers of all time—2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G.—had recently been violently killed. Artists were ...

Elton John is still every bit of a “prima John-a” as he was in 1999, and we’re not mad at it. The “Tiny Dancer” hitmaker, 78, apparently threw a fit backstage at Saturday night’s Rock and Roll Hall of ...

Elton John performed an emotional rendition of the Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” as part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s tribute to Brian Wilson, who died in June. Before he started the song, John ...

Elton John paid tribute to the late Brian Wilson at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday night with a performance of "God Only Knows." Before singing, John described the ...

When Nas said “hip-hop is dead,” this certainly isn’t what he meant. Since 1990, rap music has topped the music charts as arguably the most impactful genre in the world. But for the first time in ...

For the first time in more than three decades, not a single rap song ranks among the 40 most popular tracks in America. Last week’s Billboard Hot 100 marked the end of a remarkable 35-year streak, ...

PEOPLE has an exclusive debut of a new music video for 'Wild,' one of the songs penned for the musical by The Rescues The song is song by actress Caissie Levy, who stars in the show, and Patrick ...

Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week's Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40.

For the first time in more than 35 years, no rap songs appear in the Billboard Hot 100's top 40. The streak came to an end on the chart dated Oct. 25, 2025, following the fall of Kendrick Lamar and ...