Welcome to New Music Friday, NPR Music's podcast dedicated to sharing the best albums out each week. We listen to dozens of new releases in advance, identify the ones we think you need to hear, and ...

Every month, Tana Yonas explores captivating music from across the globe. From ultra-niche discoveries to influential ...

Check out the must-hear releases of the week. Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to New Music Friday’s most essential releases each week — the key music that everyone will be ...

Credit: Kurt Hofmann/Aviation Week FARNBOROUGH—Ethiopian Airlines expects to announce orders for new freighters soon after the Farnborough Airshow. Speaking with ATW July 20 while he attended the show ...

Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey are two of music’s great masters of emotional excess, and it’s long seemed fitting that they’ve shared one of Billboard’s highest achievements: the longest-running Hot ...

How does one follow a pop album that became a cultural juggernaut? On “Music, Fashion, Film,” Charli XCX embraces, and even glorifies, the slapdash. By Lindsay Zoladz “Music, Fashion, Film,” the ...

Charli XCX has been at pop's cutting edge for 10 years and her new album adds a rock sound to the mix Charli XCX was supposed to be taking a break. Her sixth album, Brat, was the sort of record you ...

President Trump launched a series of new accusations regarding the 2020 election, declassifying a handful of documents as he argued U.S. elections remain insecure — claims that were swiftly disputed ...

Charli XCX was supposed to be taking a break. Her sixth album, Brat, was the sort of record you could genuinely call era-defining, without being accused of overstating its significance. Experimental ...

(Beirut) – Saudi authorities executed five Ethiopian migrants for nonlethal drug-related offenses on July 27, 2026, without due process, Human Rights Watch said today. Saudi authorities have executed ...

In demanding steps to address the integrity of voting, President Trump persisted in relitigating his 2020 election defeat while finding ways to cast doubt on the 2026 outcome. By Peter Baker Peter ...