“Who wanna rock with Jennie?” After the reveal of the 2025 nominees, the Asian Pop Music Awards clearly do as the superstar leads this year’s field with nine nominations that reflect the pull of her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They produce the music that grabs their audience. The names are household, and when these female performers go on tour, tickets ...

K-pop didn’t just dominate playlists in 2025 — it conquered the global stage. From record-breaking chart runs and sold-out stadium tours to headline-making collaborations and award nominations across ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. After 2024 saw the likes of RM, Rosé, NewJeans, ATEEZ, aespa, ...

If K-pop wasn’t already a powerhouse cornerstone of the music industry before, 2025 saw yet another explosion of interest in the genre thanks to the larger-than-life success of Kpop Demon Hunters. Now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Female artists took over the charts in 2024, and in 2025 they continued their winning ways — and added a new star to their lineup.

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. Few artists embody ambition and artistry quite like Ariana Grande. From her earliest days as a theater ...

The 2025 Music Bank Global Festival in Japan has announced its first lineup of performing artists! This year’s Music Bank Global Festival in Japan will be held over two nights on December 13 and 14 at ...

The Korean pop outsider Effie and the Brooklyn indie-rock band Geese top our critics’ lists this year. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica Musicians know how to make music, and they ...

You would be forgiven for thinking 2025 was a lackluster year for pop music. Instead of Chappell Roan galloping across the land and conquering everything in her path like a gay pop Napoleon, we had ...

For the last month, Spotify listeners have been waiting for the news that their annual Spotify Wrapped music lookback has arrived. And today is the big day! Yes, Spotify Wrapped 2025 is here and now ...

Topped by Rosalía’s multilingual, ultra-ambitious Lux, here are the best albums of the year as voted for by 30 Guardian music writers ...