Juan Duque Is Building Colombia’s Next Global Pop Moment
Following a breakthrough year with the smash hit “Solcito,” the future is looking even brighter for Juan Duque. The Colombian heartthrob has positioned himself as the next global pop star with his soulful and sentimental songs that transcend genre. At the same time, Duque is showing a different side to his country with his roots […]
Elliott Wilson’s Best Of Hip-Hop 2025
It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array of formidable full-length albums. But like I cried the blues on The Bigger Picture about […]
The Best Vinyl Releases Of December 2025
Anybody who thought the vinyl resurgence was just a fad was mistaken: The industry has experienced a legitimate revival. As a result, music fans are interested in physical media in ways they may not have if the decades-old medium hasn’t made a comeback. That doesn’t mean everybody is listening to just their parents’ old music, […]
Cardi B Is Rehearsing ’10 To 12 Hours A Day’ For 2026 Tour
A couple weeks ago, Cardi B shared that’s she’s been on the treadmill preparing for her upcoming tour, which launches in February 2026. Now she has revealed just what her workload will look like in the coming weeks. In a video shared today (December 29), Cardi starts with a message for some of her more […]
Baylee Lefton’s Playlist: Guitar Moments
Keeping up with music news and resources like Spotify’s giant and regularly updated New Music Friday playlist are great ways to keep your listening habits from getting stale. Sometimes, though, you need a deeper dive. That’s where Uproxx’s Baylee Lefton comes in as she routinely offers quick-hit lists of songs you need to add into […]
2025’s Most-Liked Instagram Posts: Selena Gomez
2025 was full of huge music stories: the Oasis reunion, AI music, Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, and so on. As far as what was popping off on social media, that falls more in the pop sphere. Per data collected on Wikipedia and accurate as of December 24, the most-like Instagram post from an […]
Sabrina Carpenter Shares ‘Such A Funny Way’
Sabrina Carpenter superfans are already aware of “Such A Funny Way.” This summer, she released the song as a vinyl-only bonus track on Man’s Best Friend. In September, she briefly made the track available for digital download, writing at the time, “‘Such a Funny Way’ is a song i am so proud of. the sentiment […]
2025’s Top Performing Genres
If this year taught us anything, it’s that fans have the final say on which artists, albums, and genres owned the culture in 2025. The conversations they were having on social media and in group chats mattered just as much as any critic-approved list. As you can see from the chart below, artists under the […]
Warner Music Group’s Top Music Videos Of 2025
Few formats drive fan engagement like a great music video. That was true in 2025 and it’ll be true in 2026, too. Looking at Warner Music Group’s top-performing videos of 2025 offers insight into both what the year in music looked like and how next year is shaping up. Of the year’s top ten videos, […]
Warner Music Group’s Top Artists Of 2025 Delivered Streams
As we continue to unpack year-end YouTube data around Warner Music Group artists (who UPROXX exclusively represent in deals for channel sponsorships), we wanted to take a look at the top-performing artists and explore the narratives that help explain their dominance. In 2025, the artists who established themselves as top performers on the year-end charts […]