Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini.

A glance at some of those chart-toppers in 2025, including Lamar and SZA’s “Luther,” Sabrina Carpenter ’s “Manchild,” Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” Huntrix’s “Golden” and Taylor Swift ’s “The Fate of ...

From tongue-in-check antics poking fun at the music industry to heartfelt odes to salsa, here's what we loved this year.

Discover a broad range of this year's most compelling classical recordings, including symphonic booty-shakers, mystic violin, ...