Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Throughout his solo career, John Lennon released a number of ...

You may or may not be surprised, but Elton John never gets sick of singing the song that put his name on the map.

The best rock ballads of all time are also some of the best ballads period, from "Bridge Over Troubled Water" to "Dust in the ...

James Hetfield wasn't sure about letting his Metallica bandmates hear Nothing Else Matters. Thank goodness he did ...

Guns N’ Roses’ 1992 hit November Rain is one of the greatest power ballads of all time – and in the creation of singer Axl ...

These famous artists re-recorded their own songs later in their careers, and might have produced better songs the second time around.

“I think any bonhomie that comes into your life influences what you do as a person,” says Elton John, reflecting on what his ...

"I can't tell you how much I love that I'm not 26 when I’m experiencing these moments, because I know how sacred they are, ...

Don Was is a musician, a producer, a record label president, a radio host and a key figure in the music business going back to the 1970s. He's worked with everyone from Bob Dylan to Bonnie Raitt to ...

The 1960s French sex symbol, actor, singer and animal welfare activist Brigitte Bardot has died. She was 91. With the alliterative cadence of her name and synonymity with a kind of classic ...

DAVID BOWIE’S “death was no different from his life – a work of art”. Of all the myriad tributes to Britain’s dazzling ...

On the latest Hot 100, dated Jan. 17, 2026, Swift scores her first 10-week No. 1, “The Fate of Ophelia.” In October, the song became her 13th leader on the list. A week ago, i ...