Two old songs have debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in recent weeks. That is thanks to viral success on TikTok. As NPR's Stephen Thompson explains, it is never too late for a song to become a hit.

Simply the best new dance tracks of the week. By Katie Bain This week in dance music: Bonnie X Clyde, deadmau5 and Steve Appleton, Illenium, David Guetta, Dustin Lynch and Dead Turnley all made moves ...

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” adds a fifth week atop the Hot 100, receiving a boost from the April 1 premiere of its official video.

Even though relations between China and America remain tense, many young Americans’ perspectives seem to be shifting as they adopt Chinese cultural habits. The online trend, dubbed Chinamaxxing, has ...

The 1980s had some of the best rock songs ever released. The decade saw plenty of heartbreak songs, love songs, and uptempo songs, including these four, all out in 1984, which still make us want to ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. TikTok Shop’s biggest impact doesn’t stay on TikTok. Success on TikTok Shop lifts ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Fans are recreating stellar performances in song-and-dance videos that put themselves in the action. Fans are recreating stellar performances in song-and-dance videos that put ...

The creation of this article included the use of AI and was edited by human content creators. Read more on our AI policy here. If you ever swayed under a gymnasium’s disco ball, clutched a corsage, or ...

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TikTok has sucked up countless hours of teenagers’ lives. But it has kept plenty of politicians awake past their bedtime, too. Ever since the short-video app launched nearly a decade ago, Western ...

TikTok has been set as FIFA’s first-ever “preferred platform” partner in a deal ahead of the 2026 World Cup that aims to make the social media app the “go-to place for fans and creators throughout the ...

With 2025 coming to a close, that means we've reached the halfway point for this decade. Difficult as that may be to believe, it is true, and it technically marks six full years of music, counting ...