Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Two projects by Stray Kids — 5-Star and Rock-Star — both return to ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

It is always a delight when two fictional worlds collide in any kind of way. While we really like to see it happen in comic book pages and on screen, it is also just as fun when it happens in real ...

Rainbow began and ended the same way: as a solo vehicle for guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who left Deep Purple after disagreements in the band's direction following the arrival of two replacement ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. A week after the Beatles charted several new hit albums as both ...

Just over one month ago, Anthony Key, Evan Papier, Zachary Sobania, and Darshan Magdum debuted their new boy band, Boy Throb. Clad in pink tracksuits, this unknown, unassuming group boldly proclaimed ...

SIMON COWELL: THE NEXT ACT. (L to R) Nicolas, Jack G., Filip, Hendrik, Danny, Max, John, Joshua, Cruz, Jake, EB, Samuel, and Sean in episode 04 of SIMON COWELL: THE NEXT ACT - Courtesy of Netflix On ...

If we needed any more proof that the album isn't dead, 2025 was it. On this episode, Stephen Thompson is joined by Ann Powers and Daoud Tyler-Ameen to run through 12 dazzling albums that stuck with ...

Simon Cowell was in the middle of filming his new Netflix docuseries when Liam Payne tragically died. "This completely changes everything," a visibly emotional Cowell says. "I don't know if I can do ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The perfect Christmas song sets the mood right away. Our next guest wants to destroy all that. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: (Laughter). MARTIN: Stephen Thompson of NPR Music has brought us some of his ...

Like a great Neil Diamond song, Craig Brewer's soapy portrayal of Milwaukee's favorite cover band is proudly uncool — and determined to make audiences sing along anyway. The best Neil Diamond songs ...