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

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

From No. 3 on down, though, the top 10 has been unusually volatile. Three albums debut in the top 10 and six drop out, which tells you that some albums aren't "surging" so much as "filling a vacuum ...

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Thanks to the inclusion of several gigantic hits like "WAP" and "Up" that had never appeared on an album, Cardi B's Am I the ...

Despite HUNTR/X and Saja Boys’ conflicts (and certain members’ conflicted feelings toward each other) in Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, the acts team up to score half the top 10 on the Billboard Global ...

Despite premiering on the same day as A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic starring Timothée Chalamet, Nosferatu has outpaced its biggest competitor on its way to becoming one of the biggest ...

Faith-based and "traditional" pop hits are surging on the music charts this year, as noted in a recent report. Alex Warren’s "Ordinary," "a folksy melodramatic ballad about faith and love," according ...

The record sold over 3.4 million copies in its first week in the US alone, with final consumption figures at 4.002 million ...