Dear 2026: You seem pretty rad, for a year so potentially in malaise. At least, that’s the way we feel every time we turn off the news and turn on the music that takes us away from all that. The best ...

One thing you have to say about 2026 through its first six months is that it's seen its fair share of massive albums. Whereas some years this decade have left us in several-months-long droughts of big ...

We all have a favorite album that we can listen to from start to finish with zero skips. That type of listening experience is ...

Earlier this year, my colleague and bud Kelefa Sanneh suggested that music critics, as a lot, have gone soft—becoming submissive, overly agreeable, and, in some cases, nearly servile. He’s right, of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Professor Mike Alleyne Ph.D is an award-winning author and editor. Typically, hits album titles generally lack originality in ...

On this day, 43 years ago, the No. 6 best-selling musical artist of all time released her debut album, marking the start of a ...

When discussing the best rock albums from every year of the 1980s, Synchronicity by The Police and Back in Black by AC/DC ...

In some instances, the best metal song of the year also happened to be featured on the best metal album of that same year, ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. This year, Spotify Wrapped presented users with their most-played albums for the first time. The ...