Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

On This Day: '80s Band’s Debut Album Hits No. 1—Then Stayed on the Charts for Nearly Two Years originally appeared on Parade. The 1980s saw a wave of new music stars burst onto the scene. While some ...

Twice set a new record by becoming the first K-pop girl group to land on the Billboard 200, the main Billboard album chart, for an impressive tenth time. Billboard’s official website reported on ...

There are a few near-universal truths in rock 'n' roll, one of them being: Where there is a band with hits, there will be a band with a lot of hits compilations. Decades ago, when hits compilations ...