Variety's music writers pick 2025's best albums, including Lily Allen, Lady Gaga, Rosalía, Bad Bunny, Clipse, Brandi Carlile, Summer Walker and more.

Enter a contest to see Burna Boy live in Montreal on Dec. 15, when he brings his No Sign of Weakness tour to the Bell Centre.

A research report of the Harvard Law School’s Centre for the Study of African Economies and Societies (CSASE) has revealed a troubling pattern of structural income loss, threatening the future of the ...

The NPR Music critic and All Songs Considered contributor's favorite records of the year include the best of British rap, ...

The Billboard Year-End Charts have once again revealed Bad Bunny as the Top Latin Artist of the year, reigning for a seventh ...

There’s a right way to love Tems, and it starts with sacrifice. On Love Is a Kingdom, she says “mine” (as in, “You’re mine”) ...

Detty Rave, Africa’s defining afrodance music pilgrimage, returns with its boldest evolution yet as the 2025 theme, Raise the Heat, ushers in authentic ...

Set to Drop Album December 12 Afrobeats music sensation, Pwafukadi Sunday, popularly known as Rave, has expressed confidence that the future of Afrobeats is bright, noting that the genre is now driven ...

Ahead of Tuesday's reveal – after the Billboard 2025 No. 1s Livestream, hosted by Druski – check out Billboard U.S. Afrobeats ...

Moliy says she was ready for her music to be “heard in the club” and places that people want to “party”.

From January till now, the music industry has been running on nonstop collaborations, almost like every artist ...