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If you're searching for music off the beaten path, here's the list for you. NPR Music's Tiny Desk editor and resident Viking scours the corners of the music world to find his favorite records of 2025.

Before we reveal this year's Tiny Desk Contest winner, judges Bob Boilen and Bobby Carter share their top picks.

Here's a list of 10 albums that deserve more year-end love than they're generally getting, a counter to an age where music has taken on an introspective function.

Even as sombr and Rosalía hit new career highs, there's a major churn taking place just below the top 10, as a wave of Christmas songs begin their ascent.

The best albums of 2017 delivered both comfort and challenge — both salve and spur. (That also applies to the honorable mentions listed, any of which could easily have come off the bench.)

In our time, it's easy to shut your mind, driven by fear or misinformation. This year, NPR Music's pop critic found the antidote in music that encouraged exploring.

Inspired by their own album of duets, we asked the jazzmen to name their favorite pairings.

Some of the most memorable recordings of 2011 were not just collections of great songs. They were also about something.

The NPR Music critic and All Songs Considered contributor's favorite records of the year include the best of British rap, whimsical and melancholy electronic experiments and spellbinding dreampop.

NPR's pop critic and correspondent shares her favorite albums of this year.