Sabrina Carpenter's impact on the Official Albums Chart is anything but Short N’ Sweet as she claims the Number 1 album of ...

Sly Stone and feel-good funk music seemingly go hand in hand, but there’s a darker message hiding behind his upbeat hits from the 1970s and ‘80s that music historian and famed Roots founder ...

CBS Records was well aware that there were no black records at all in the pop Top 20 the week they sent the debut single from “Thriller” to radio in October of 1982. Faced with the very real ...

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

The 70s and 80s were pivotal decades in music history, giving birth to groundbreaking genres, legendary artists, and timeless albums. These two decades saw a revolution in musical styles, blending ...

“MJ: The Musical” is peddling a kind of nostalgia that seems harmless on the surface, but I worry that deep down is actually quite dangerous. I’ll explain what I mean by that in a moment ...