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Ghana music awards go crown artiste of di year on Saturday 9 May. Who go take ova from 2025 winner King Promise?

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In early February 2025, I caught the spirit on an I-285 on-ramp in Smyrna. Black gospel found me, and hasn’t left me since. As a lifelong white person, I indulge in an annual Black History Month ...

The first of the important year-end music industry data reports have come out for 2025, from Luminate Data and Chartmetric. Luminate’s report confirms that growth in music streaming in the U.S. is ...

Hanteo Music Awards (HMA) 2025 has announced its second lineup! On February 3, Hanteo Music Awards 2025 unveiled its second lineup consisting of NOWZ, Billlie, xikers, idntt, WEi, Yoon Jong Shin, ...

The gospel music world is mourning the loss of a giant. Richard Smallwood, the Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and composer whose music reshaped modern worship, has died at the age of 77. For ...

The late Calvin Newton of Lookout Mountain, Ga. called his friend Larry Ford the best tenor Gospel singer of his lifetime. Ford died Dec. 13, just three days after his 78th birthday. Mr. Ford was ...

With thousands of metal songs released in 2025, here's a ranking of the 13 best. Just trying to keep up with the dozens (sometimes hundreds) of new tracks dropping each week is a gauntlet. We all have ...

This year in music had no shortage of hits, but only a handful of songs truly rose above the rest. Whether they dominated the charts, took over social media or just refused to leave our heads, these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A collage of five musicians. This year in music had no shortage of hits, but only a handful of songs truly rose above the rest.