Twenty-five years ago today, Tim McGraw was at the top of the country chart with his first No. 1 of the 21st century.

The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list kept on growing in December. As we close out ...

The country music world has lost some iconic names in 2025, and sadly the list has grown through the first half of December. As we head into the final weeks of the year, we take a moment to look back ...

In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. As the Wicked: For Good soundtrack debuts on charts all around the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Fleetwood Mac's "Silver Springs" debuts on a pair of Billboard ...

Tiffany is getting the Kate Bush treatment. The ’80s pop star has seen a resurgence in popularity after her hit 1987 song, “I Think We’re Alone Now,” was featured in “Stranger Things” Season 5, Volume ...

The English singer-songwriter, a best song Critics Choice Award nominee for the "big rock song" he wrote with John Mayer and Blake Slatkin, goes deep with The Hollywood Reporter about his odds-defying ...

When Bruno Mars began sketching the idea that would inevitably become “Die With a Smile” three years ago, he ended up with a handful of lines for the first verse and part of the hook. He’d been ...

That's not to suggest that "Old Town Road" and "A Bar Song" are the two biggest hits of all time. They're merely beneficiaries of a streaming landscape in which listeners are continually fed the same ...

The absolute best songs of 2025 include "Manchild" by Sabrina Carpenter, "Metal" by The Beths, and "Chains of Love" by Charli ...