It's Oscar season, which means it's time again to dig into our two favorite categories: Original Song and Original Score. Who will win? Who should win? And who got snubbed? NPR Music editor Hazel ...

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences harmonized its Original Song Oscar nominations Thursday morning. Read by Saturday Night’s Rachel Sennott and Wicked’s Bowen Yang, the pair announced ...

Jessica Simpson is so back. On Friday, Feb. 21, Simpson released her first original song in years titled "Use My Heart Against Me." In addition to the sexy pop-country track, the singer-songwriter ...

Oscars Best Original Song Commentary (Updated Dec. 11, 2025): With 15 songs angling for the shortlist, there’s reserved seating for the animated frontrunner — “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” — and ...

Members of the music branch culled this shortlist of 15 songs from a master list of 65 eligible songs. By Paul Grein “Golden,” the megahit from KPop Demon Hunters, and two songs each from Sinners and ...

Diane Warren didn’t let her Oscar losing streak get in the way of having some fun Sunday night. Despite not going home with a gold statuette for best original song for “Journey” from Netflix’s “The ...

Now this is one of the most euphoric songs from 1973. This song was all the rage in 1973. In fact, the hard rock hit “We’re An American Band” by Grand Funk Railroad topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

The Who launched the North American leg of their The Song Is Over farewell tour on Saturday at Sunrise, Florida's Amerant Bank Arena, where they played the Who's Next gem "Going Mobile" live for the ...