In 2025, AI music was not just the big story for the music industry: it was a host of trends, deals, questions, anxieties and controversies.

Host Scott Detrow talks with Pitchfork editor Andy Cush about ambient music and the growth in popularity of marketing it as so-called mood music on streaming platforms. And finally today, to create a ...

The radio version of this story originally ran on All Things Considered on April 8, 2024. For as long as people have been making money from music, there have been disagreements to hash out — over who ...

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This was such an exciting year in music, and as you can see from my list, an especially exciting year for women in music yet again. They dominated the pop, country, and rap charts, just to name a few.