Now that we're firmly into the month of July, we're past the halfway point of 2009. That's when NPR's Music Team starts thinking about how the year stacks up musically. In the meantime, Boilen already ...

Dubai seriously messed with my December listomania madness plan, so here’s my first attempt at getting back on track. Today & tomorrow I’ll offer my best-of-2009 lists for music & film, take a break ...

Compiling a Top 10 list of the year's best songs for Folk Alley is difficult, because the stream offers listeners the chance to wear so many different hats. Overall, the choices were made based on ...

Billboard looks back and counts down the top five songs that ruled the summer of 2009. Rania Aniftos 0:03 15 years later, our first artist is still on top of the world, but it was one of her early ...

The first half of 2009 has passed. Based on our weekly music chart scores we have made a summary to see which 10 songs have accumulated the most chart scores to become the half year top 10 k-pop songs ...

The Fray found their way back onto the charts, completely ignoring the sophmore jinx suffered by many bands upon arrival of their second album. Not so with The Fray as they announced with their first ...

Unfortunately, sometimes our favorite songs don't become instant hits. They're not thrown in heavy rotation on the radio and the DJ won't play them in the club. Don't fear. We feel your pain. Here are ...

When Paramore passed on revisiting the Twilight franchise theme mantle for the benefit of another indie band to reap the New Moon-related career benefits, it was Death Cab for Cutie that scored the ...

You know those songs that come on the radio when you're with your girlfriends and you just let loose and sing along to them? They're songs that you may be embarrassed to love, but dang it, they make ...