Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

So there was no official song of summer. So let’s move beyond the biggest hits and check out the 10 songs we kept coming back to this year. The singer-songwriter who has worked with Miley Cyrus, ...

Every year, we’re told that hip-hop is in crisis. But if you ask us, it feels like there’s too much heat to keep up with. What’s lost on the chart-watchers lamenting rap’s mainstream lull is that the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

It’s been 13 years since the last KISS studio LP and an even decade since their last single. But would we ever put it past Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons to rev it up again for another comeback? Of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Eminem is only a few weeks removed from his last debut on the ...

Tim McGraw's best songs are for every occasion, whether it's party music or songs that stop you in your tracks. Though the Louisiana native launched in 1990 with his self-titled debut record, it ...

Only a few years in pop and rock history are remarkable enough that their achievements marked unshakeable and significant paths to the overall timeline. 1955 may be the first and most monumental of ...

Survivor picked a pretty apropos band name. For one, the songs these guys recorded often had to do with the theme of resilience, with protagonists pushed to the edge but refusing to be defeated.

Wynonna Judd is heading out on tour in 2025, and she assembled her set list with fans of the classics in mind. On Monday (March 10), Judd announced her first-ever greatest hits tour, including ...

Stuck between the '70s and '90s, literally and figuratively, the '80s reached its midpoint in a melting pot of styles: rock, pop, metal, new wave, alternative, soul, dance and more. As selected by the ...

If you’re like a lot of us, this past year might be one you’re not unhappy to see go. (Maybe you’d even like to see the swinging door slap 2024’s ass on the way out.) But then, also like some of us, ...