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 ...

Its success marked the moment that Diamond shifted from pop/rock stardom to being seen as one of the kings of adult contemporary. By Paul Grein With the film Song Sung Blue due for release on ...

On TikTok, few things are more fun than a reaction video. Over the past several weeks, EDM star Kato’s song “Turn the Lights Off,” featuring Jon Nørgaard, has gone viral on TikTok and Reels thanks to ...

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 ...

The unofficial anthem of Christmas has made history. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” annually surges to the top of the Billboard singles charts each Christmas, and that has continued ...

“Song Sung Blue,” a movie about a Neil Diamond tribute act, seems like a hokey project for Craig Brewer, the director of such gritty dramas as “Hustle & Flow” and outrageous biopics as “Dolemite Is My ...

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" adds a record-extending 20th week atop the Global 200 and "Last Christmas" leads Global Excl. U.S. for the first time. By Gary Trust Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for ...

We asked listeners to tell us about the one song they couldn't stop listening to in 2025 and why. The stories poured in -- voice memos, emails and more, with deeply moving and personal accounts of ...

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now the longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. chart history. The 1994 modern Christmas classic has spent a cumulative 20 weeks atop the Billboard Hot ...

In a year when Taylor Swift took up an atmosphere’s worth of media oxygen (sorry), artists large and small continued the long trudge uphill, attempting to stand out in an increasingly crowded field.

We already knew that Jo Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona, for some California grass. Now we know precisely when. A new three-part documentary series on the making of the Beatles’ album “Let It Be” ...