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"We Are The Pipettes" has enough zip, drive and sass to be the theme song to a cartoon about the band's adventures, so much so that it's not surprising that The Pipettes' members throw out a roll call at the top.

Green Gartside is the driving force behind the various incarnations of Scritti Politti, which has been making music on and off for 35 years. Driven by Gartside's childlike voice and uplifting melodies, Scritti Politti's smooth pop sound surfaced on the Top 40 in 1985, but has mostly been heard on pop culture's margins.

All Songs Considered asked you to share your favorite new artist of the first half of 2016. Here's your top 10.

Earle's "Look the Other Way" is a funky evocation of misery — blues for driving with the top down.

Brooke, Samantha and Mollie McClymont have topped the charts Down Under. Now, they're bringing their voices topside: The McClymonts recently moved to Nashville and released a new album, Wrapped Up Good. Here, they speak with host Scott Simon.

NPR Music's senior manager shares her favorite albums and songs of 2022.

For years Copeland was told that her skin color, her body and her hair didn't conform to what ballerinas should look like. A new over-the-top "biopic" tells the story of Yankovic's life — sort of.

American Frances Tiafoe, 24, has reached the quarterfinals for the first time. Of the eight men left at the U.S Open, six are ranked outside of the top 10.

The White House effort to replace Attorney General Eric Holder is happening largely in the shadows. But Labor Secretary Thomas Perez is emerging as a top candidate for the post.

After mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin's brief mutiny, news emerged that Surovikin knew in advance about the rebellion against Russia's top defense leaders.

The top military commander in Iraq has recommended a temporary freeze on U.S. troop reductions in Iraq after July. Gen. David Petraeus made the comments to senators Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Today, Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker return to brief members of the House.

The singer's album was released last May and spent 13 weeks at the top of the Billboard chart and was streamed more than 350 million times in the first week alone.

4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, a new film about a young woman's illegal abortion in Ceausescu's Romania, won the top prize at Cannes and has just opened in the U.S. It's a fierce and unsentimental film; Terry Gross talks to Mungiu about growing up in a totalitarian state, and why he wanted to make the movie.

U.S. Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) responds to the latest congressional testimony from Gen. David Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq. Clyburn explains why he opposes Petraeus' call to suspend troop withdrawals.

The artist's second album Guts sits at No. 1 on the U.S. and U.K. album charts. Since its release, the album's racked up more sales in Britain — outselling the rest of the U.K. Top 10 combined.

Pest control company Orkin says Chicago earned the top spot on its annual list of America's "rattiest" cities — beating out Los Angeles and New York, which came in second and third respectively.

The jackpot is now the world's fourth-largest lottery prize after rolling over for 34 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19.

The prestigious honor is given to the world's top soccer player each year. He won the award on Monday — the birthday of the late Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, who would've been 63.

Charlotte FC won a shootout in Leagues Cup play over Cruz Azul, the top team in the Mexican League – Liga MX. The teams fought to a scoreless tie during regulation play before a 4-2 penalty shootout decided the match. David Bingham started the game at goalkeeper and had two key saves in the shootout.

President Biden will be the second sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the first atomic attack. He is going there for a meeting with G-7 leaders.