Spotify is attempting to give users more control over the music the streaming service recommends with a new playlist feature called "Prompted Playlist." The beta feature is rolling out in New Zealand ...

If you’re Charlie Puth, life is good. You’re going to perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl. You have a new album out in March of next year. Your wife, Brooke Sansone, is having a baby. People ...

Rosé, Bruno Mars, Kendrick Lamar and SZA have emerged atop Apple Music‘s year-end global charts, as the service has revealed the highest-streamed songs of 2025. Rosé and Mars’ “APT.” dominated across ...

is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. While there is plenty of criticism to be hurled at what music the algorithm serves ...

This much is known: “Walk My Walk,” a song by an artist called Breaking Rust, entered its second week Wednesday as the top song on Billboard’s country music digital sales chart. After that, everything ...

An AI-generated country song has topped Billboard‘s “Country Digital Song Sales” chart in the United States — once again highlighting how ubiquitous algorithmically generated music is becoming. The ...

The song has been streamed over 3 million times in under a month. A song created through artificial intelligence has made history topping a Billboard country music chart, but it has also sent ...

Music recommendation algorithms were supposed to help us cut through the noise, but they just served us up slop. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ...

Austin, Texas is known as the live music capital of the world. And the podcast Pause/Play from member station KUT explores the city's live music scene. Its latest season looks at Austin's music future ...