An examination of the year in Christian music, highlighting the artists and songs most likely to earn nominations, along with some other worthy contenders. We’re entering into awards season, and every ...

This is the last music chart of 2008. As a tradition, we are taking the last week of the year off. However, we’ll bring you two special programs during this holiday season. Next weekend, we’ll reveal ...

Industry tracker Nielsen says total music sales were up 10 percent year over year, with strong growth in the digital realm. Also: a comeback of sorts for vinyl. Jon Skillings is an editorial director ...

This has been a strong year for African music, with two big trends emerging. The first is the continuing integration of African music into the U.S. and European mainstream. Nigerian Afrobeat is played ...

“Pork And Beans” by Weezer was released on the band’s self-titled 2008 record, also known as the Red Album. It was a pretty substantial hit for the alt-rock outfit, debuting at no. 19 on the Billboard ...

As this is the first chart posting in 2008, we’ve made several changes to the chart-scoring criteria in order to better reflect a song’s popularity. I’d like to go through this briefly before I post ...

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In many regards, 2008 was Erykah Badu‘s biggest year yet. By releasing her first full-length studio album in five years, the queen of neo-soul returned to the spotlight and was received as quite the ...

Well, NPR now knows all your opinions about the best performers and the best releases of 2007. We've all worn out our (unintelligible) album, and we've got our LCD sound system on hand at all times.

Creepy is a hard thing to pin down, but you know it when you see it because life is full of creepy people. The guy at the end of the bar with the moustache that licks his soup strainer when your ...