The newly launched analytics platform released its latest report March 15. By Gary Trust What were the most notable highlights regarding the sonic characteristics of hits on Billboard’s Radio Songs ...

IFPI announces the winner of the Global Single Award for 2023, while DMN takes a peek at the top songs and best-selling singles of the year. It’s 2024, (wow, already?) and recorded music industry ...

We highlight the songwriters who dominated Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart in 2023. By Jessica Nicholson Country music had a record-setting year in 2023, thanks to hit songs released by Morgan ...

Blonde Redhead was the band of my preteen years. In the mid-2010s, they soundtracked an infamous scene in “Rick and Morty” — and while my care for that show has passed, my adoration for Blonde Redhead ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. This article is more than 2 years old. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - ...

Sometimes it takes a while for country songs to be classics, with their impact not felt for years after the song is first released. These four country songs came out in 2023, but it is already clear ...

2023 was a huge year for country music. Streaming numbers for the genre’s biggest artists were through the roof. Big-name acts like Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, and Zach Bryan pulled in hundreds of ...

Barack Obama has dropped the long-awaited list of his favorite music in 2023. The former president, 62, shared his 28 favorite songs from the past year in an Instagram post, which included tracks from ...

How do you say goodbye to a year like 2023? How about, “I wanna meet your mom, just to tell her her year sucks”? But here’s to a vibrant, chaotic, glorious mess of a year for music, a year when you ...

Fans on Spotify couldn't get enough of Doja Cat's "Paint The Town Red" in 2023. In addition to its success on Spotify, "Paint The Town Red" also became Doja Cat's second single to top the Billboard ...

Taylor Swift practically owned 2023. But an end-of-year report from Luminate, an entertainment data firm, puts into numbers just how much the singer dominated the US music industry. One in every 78 US ...

Trying to list the 25 best rock songs in a single year is quite daunting. Subjectivity reigns supreme. However, these 25 offerings, listed in alphabetical order based on artist, are pretty strong. Let ...