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

We’re in the time of year when the Billboard Hot 100 chart is ruled by Christmas songs. Specifically, there’s Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and then a bunch of hits from the ’50s ...

It’s a hot topic for Christmas music lovers every year: What’s the most popular Christmas song? It’s an opinion-based question, but if you’re measuring each song based on profitability, there’s a ...

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Ariana Grande gives her fans everything she has with every performance, but even for her, there are some songs that are too emotional to ever perform live. In fact, one of them, she wanted off the ...

Don’t expect to necessarily hear these new songs before viewers nationwide get their first crack at hearing them within the context of the film. The “Wicked: for Good” soundtrack album will be out Nov ...