Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. K-pop superstars G-Dragon, Jennie, Rosé, PLAVE and IVE top the ...

Apple Music has released its highly anticipated 2025 Year End Charts, celebrating the songs, artists, and cultural moments that defined the past year across streams, Shazam activity, radio spins, ...

In September, country singer Zach Bryan decided to climb a barbed-wire fence to get at newcomer Gavin Adock, and the music community watched replays with jaws hanging open. It was a shocking attack on ...

We’re at the end of yet another year where commentators and fans speculated on the health of the rap world. In October, it was reported that, for the first time in 35 years, there were no rap songs in ...

"As 2025 comes to a close, I’m continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and music," Obama wrote on his socials. "I ...

On first listen, “total euphoria” sounds like the product of eight people playing completely out of sync with one another. The drums enter and exit the mix of their own accord; the guitars speed up ...

YouTube has released its 2025 Nigeria Year-in-Review, highlighting the most-watched music videos, digital creators, and entertainment content in Nigeria. Gospel singer Gaise Baba’s “No Turning Back II ...

Yes, we define indie rock pretty broadly for this list. Four decades after bands like the Replacements, the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, and the Meat Puppets got this scene rolling, indie rock is more a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. No one needs reminding that 2025 began in an L.A. aflame. Musicians didn’t escape the fires, especially in ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

90 tracks! Five hours! Remix the year in pop however you wish. By Lindsay Zoladz The longest Amplifier playlist of the year is finally here: five hours, 90 tracks, each of which was chosen as a 2025 ...

The past year's best reissues, box sets and archival recordings cover the breadth of the field, from expanded versions of classic albums to lavish Super Deluxe Editions to long-lost records that haven ...