South African multi-award-winning singer Sjava recently announced the release of his upcoming album, INkanyezi NeZinkanyezi The popular star revealed that he will drop the album in January 2026 on his ...

Our staff's favorite albums from the year that was. Is pop now officially an albums-driven genre? The year 2025 made a strong argument for the answer being “yes.” Acclaimed sets from rising stars like ...

Stream this list on Apple Music and Spotify. See The FADER's 50 best songs of 2025. In a chronically online, AI-slop-embedded hellscape, Don’t Tap the Glass is Tyler, the Creator’s surprise social ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

We'll be updating our list as musicians announce their new music, so keep checking back for the latest! By Anna Chan Keeping track of all the upcoming releases from favorite artists can sometimes be a ...

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

Two Madonna albums - Bedtime Stories and Bedtime Stories: The Untold Chapter — both debut inside the top 10 on the U.K. charts this week. UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 16: Madonna concert during a ...

Madonna's Bedtime Stories: The Untold Chapter EP debuts at No. 2 on one chart, missing out on earning the pop icon another No. 1 winner in the U.K. 1997 Golden Globe winner; 1988, 1993, 1995, 2000, ...

So this is the future? Judging by mainstream music in 2025, humankind is not in a particularly creative place. The year’s main storylines included the rise of AI slop and cartoon K-pop. A number of ...

DJ Elmoe knocked our socks off with footwork that still sounds as fresh as the first day we heard the style. Lindstrøm returned with the umpteenth coming of space disco and got us starry-eyed for the ...