Music Lists

Puerto Rican crooner-turned-hitmaker Luis Fonsi and British-Jamaican grime rapper Stefflon Don team up for the least expected collaboration of the year.

Music & Culture

Fonsi Goes Grime (Sort Of) And Daddy Yankee Goes Old-School

12:08pm June 20, 2018

On this week's playlist, Luis Fonsi takes a calypso excursion with Stefflon Don, Daddy Yankee gets the band back together in the name of reggaeton viejo and some newcomers fuse every genre in between.

A composite image of fans of each of the 32 national teams participating in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

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This Year's World Cup Songs, Ranked

6:29pm June 13, 2018

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

We judge a handful of exuberant stadium anthems written for the 2018 tournament. Will any of them prove as enduring as Shakira's "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"? Or will they sink into oblivion?

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Single & Sauced: Swipe Right In 30 Songs

12:59pm June 13, 2018

by Sidney Madden

Single for the summer? Embrace your freedom with a confident, funky, sexy and savage soundtrack.

Cuban rap trio Orishas returns after a 10-year hiatus with their new album Gourmet.

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Veranuevo: 5 Latin Songs To Kick Off Your Summer

9:02am June 13, 2018

Start your summer with the first installment in a weekly Spotify playlist of Latin music, featuring new songs from reggaeton reina Ivy Queen, Cuban hip-hop gods Orishas and more.

Kanye West and Kid Cudi's debut joint album Kids See Ghosts is perhaps the strongest of the albums West has produced and released in 2018.

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The Strange, Subdued Catharsis Of Kanye And Cudi's 'Kids See Ghosts'

11:44am June 12, 2018

by Sidney Madden

Kanye West and Kid Cudi's first joint album is stirringly reminiscent of each man's creative peak, but somehow lacks the luster or beautiful oddity, of what this moment should feel like for rap fans.

Raise a glass; it's roséwave season, y'all. This summer, we're bringing you a new playlist each week.

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Roséwave Returns: 101 Songs To Shade Your Summer Pink

12:03pm June 06, 2018

by Lars Gotrich

Last summer, we didn't invent a genre; we just gave the lifestyle a name. This year, we're celebrating the whole spectrum of the roséwave lifestyle to soundtrack your summer of thinking pink.

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Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

6:00am May 26, 2018

This month's playlist includes the eclectic meditations of Shannon Shaw and the nostalgic melodies of Coach Phillips.

Alison Dilworth and Jaron Olevsky with their children Zoey and Malcolm.

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Labor Of Love: Songs For The Delivery Room

5:42pm May 11, 2018

by Talia Schlanger

Parents Ali Dilworth and Jaron Olevsky tuned out the beeping sounds of the hospital with music by Stevie Wonder, Emily King, Ethan Gruska and more.

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What Song Got You Through School?

11:52am May 09, 2018

by Robin Hilton

Tell us what song gave you hope, helped you purge demons or gave you direction as you navigated school. We'll share select songs and stories in an upcoming "Graduation" episode of All Songs.

Kate Bush at her family's home in London in 1978.

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40 Years Later: Was 1978 The Greatest Year In Music?

1:14pm May 07, 2018

by Bruce Warren

With a list of debut albums from Kate Bush, The Cars, Devo, Dire Straits, The B-52's, The Police, Buzzcocks, Van Halen and more, '78 has huge ground to stand on.