Controversial songs from the last 50 years. Not a year goes by without some music controversy, and 2025 was no exception.

Afroman has won a lawsuit filed by seven Ohio sheriff’s deputies who sued him over music videos that used home security footage to mock them over a raid of his home.

American Idol contestant Hannah Harper s rendition of a traditional American gospel song brought her from singing to ...

Delve into the world of the Rolling Stones with these controversial tracks that divided fans.

“Wuthering Heights” may be a beloved classic novel, but Emerald Fennell’s new adaptation, now in theaters, isn’t exactly the book. It’s also got some pretty modern music, thanks to one of the biggest ...

A church is going viral on TikTok for its unconventional Super Bowl-themed service. Social media user Micah Waldman gave an inside look at the service through a video posted to social media this week, ...

The year before punk broke, rock's old guard made a strong, pressing stand. But as the UCR staff-selected list below of the Top 40 Songs of 1976 shows, the music that dominated headlines at the end of ...

Somewhere in the Namib Desert, the American rock band Toto’s song “Africa” (first released in 1982) is blaring from a set of speakers. Namibian-German artist Max Siedentopf spent December constructing ...

The guitarist, singer and songwriter, who died at 78, cut his own path among his elders in the Grateful Dead, and beyond. By David Browne As the youngest member of the original Grateful Dead, Bob Weir ...

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 ...

Before he was the guy leading stadiums full of fans through the chorus of "Sweet Caroline," Neil Diamond was a kid in Brooklyn writing song lyrics while bored in class. Diamond's expansive songwriting ...