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Nocturnes (Chopin)

Chopin's Nocturnes: 21 piano miniatures (1827–1846), 18 published in opuses 9–62, built on John Field's invented piano-nocturne genre with bel canto melody and da capo aria form.

Nokia (song)

"Nokia" is a 2025 song by Canadian rapper Drake, the fourteenth track on $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, his album with PARTYNEXTDOOR; produced by Elkan, it peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Non, je ne regrette rien

Non, je ne regrette rien: French chanson by Charles Dumont (music) and Michel Vaucaire (lyrics), composed 1956, recorded by Édith Piaf 10 November 1960; her last big hit, dedicated to the Foreign Legion, later used in Inception and La Haine.

Normal (BTS song)

NORMAL is a 2026 song by BTS (방탄소년단) from the album Arirang, also known as Normal. An alternative-pop ballad on fame's cost, produced with Ryan Tedder; its Korean version single and Spotify-premiered video set a single-day K-pop streaming record.

Northern Attitude

Northern Attitude is a 2022 Noah Kahan song, also known as a Hozier duet, opening the album Stick Season. Written with Gabe Simon in about 40 minutes, it is about isolation in rural Vermont and the chorus line "raised on little light."

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Beatles song by Lennon and McCartney, recorded October 1965 for Rubber Soul; working title This Bird Has Flown; first Beatles track with George Harrison on sitar; released 3 December 1965.

Not Afraid

"Not Afraid" (Not Afraid) is a 2010 Eminem song, lead single of Recovery, produced by Boi-1da; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaked at No. 5 in the UK, and declares his sobriety.

Not Cute Anymore

Not Cute Anymore (NOT CUTE ANYMORE) is the debut single album by K-pop girl group ILLIT (아일릿), released November 24, 2025 by BELIFT LAB; a reggae-rhythm pop title track that drew divided reviews and a viral hand-switch dance move.

Not in Love (Crystal Castles song)

Not in Love (Crystal Castles song): cover of Platinum Blonde's 1983 single, on Crystal Castles (II) (2010), re-recorded with Robert Smith of The Cure and released December 6, 2010 on Fiction; UK peak 54, their biggest commercial hit.

Not Like Us

Not Like Us is Kendrick Lamar's May 4, 2024 diss track aimed at Drake, produced by Mustard, Sounwave, and Sean Momberger. It debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100, won five Grammys including Record and Song of the Year, and survived Drake's dismissed defamation suit against UMG.

Not Ready to Make Nice

Not Ready to Make Nice is a 2006 song by the Dixie Chicks (now the Chicks), written with Dan Wilson and produced by Rick Rubin for Taking the Long Way; it answered the 2003 London backlash and won Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Not Strong Enough

Not Strong Enough: 2023 single by boygenius (Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus), fourth track shared from the record; references Sheryl Crow's "Strong Enough"; 2024 Grammy winner for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance.

Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach

Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach): two 1722 and 1725 manuscript books J.S. Bach gave his second wife, containing French Suites, Partitas, arias, and the Petzold Minuet in G, now beginner piano staples.

Nothin' (Guns N' Roses song)

"Nothin'" is a song by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses, released as a single on December 4, 2025, alongside "Atlas", from Chinese Democracy sessions.

Nothing Breaks Like a Heart

Nothing Breaks Like a Heart: 2018 country-disco single by Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus; lead single from Late Night Feelings; peaked No. 2 UK, No. 43 Billboard Hot 100; Brit-nominated; Jolene-inspired.

Nothing Compares 2 U

"Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written by Prince, recorded solo in July 1984 at his Eden Prairie warehouse, first released by his band The Family in 1985, and turned into a worldwide 1990 number-one hit by Sinéad O'Connor, whose version topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks; Prince's original was finally released in 2018.

Nothing Else Matters

Nothing Else Matters: Metallica power ballad by Hetfield and Ulrich from the 1991 Black Album; third single April 20, 1992; No. 34 Hot 100, No. 6 UK; 1,332 live performances and orchestral S&M versions.

Nothing Matters (The Last Dinner Party song)

"Nothing Matters" is the 2023 debut single by British art-rock band The Last Dinner Party, released on Island Records; it peaked at UK No. 16 and reached Billboard's adult alternative top 10.

Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You

"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" is a Masser–Goffin ballad first recorded by George Benson on 20/20 (1985), made famous by Glenn Medeiros's 1987 cover: US #12, UK #1 for four weeks in 1988.

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now: 1987 Starship power ballad by Albert Hammond and Diane Warren, produced by Narada Michael Walden, from Mannequin and No Protection; US and UK number one.

Novelty song

A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song that peaked in the 1920s and 1930s, often taking the form of a parody or commentary on current events.

November Rain

November Rain: Guns N' Roses power ballad written by Axl Rose, on Use Your Illusion I (1991), No. 3 Billboard Hot 100, 8:57 video, MTV most-requested, 2022 orchestral version.

Now and Then (Beatles song)

Now and Then, the last Beatles song: a late-1970s John Lennon Dakota demo finished in 2023 by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr using Peter Jackson's MAL audio separation, released 2 November 2023 with Love Me Do, reaching UK Number 1.

Ntsikana's Great Hymn

Ntsikana's Great Hymn (Xhosa: Ulo Thixo omkhulu ngosezulwini) is a Christian hymn composed around 1815 by the Xhosa prophet Ntsikana Gaba, regarded as the earliest extant Xhosa poem.

Nuevayol

NUEVAYoL is the opening track of Bad Bunny's 2025 album DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, sampling El Gran Combo's Un Verano en Nueva York over Dominican dembow in tribute to the Nuyorican diaspora; it peaked at No. 5 on the Hot 100.

Numb (Linkin Park song)

"Numb" is a 2003 single by Linkin Park, the closing track of Meteora, written a week before NRG Studios recording, produced by Don Gilmore; it peaked at No. 11 Billboard Hot 100, was mashed with Jay-Z's Encore, and has billions of streams.

Number One Girl

"Number one girl" is a 2024 piano ballad by Rosé, second single from her album rosie, co-written with Bruno Mars and Amy Allen; UK Official Singles Chart peak 84.

Nutbush City Limits

Nutbush City Limits: 1973 funk-rock single by Ike & Tina Turner, written by Tina Turner about her Tennessee hometown, produced by Ike at Bolic Sound; UK #4, US #22, and source of Australia's Nutbush line dance.

O Canada

O Canada is Canada's national anthem: music by Calixa Lavallée, French lyrics by Adolphe-Basile Routhier (1880), English lyrics based on Robert Stanley Weir's 1908 version, official since the 1980 National Anthem Act, revised for gender neutrality in 2018.

O Come, All Ye Faithful

O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles): 18th-century Latin Christmas hymn attributed to copyist John Francis Wade (c.1740–1743), translated by Frederick Oakeley in 1841, tune long called the Portuguese Hymn.