Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nicki Minaj's "My Life" debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Rap Digital ...

Spotify's Billions Club playlist tracks each and every song that has eclipsed one billion streams on the platform and we've rounded up all the rock and metal tracks to reach that milestone in 2026.

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The group adds its record-extending eighth No. 1 on both the Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. By Gary Trust Led by “Swim,” BTS swarms the Billboard Global 200 and the Billboard Global Excl. U.S.

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"Golden" is one of only three Oscar-winning songs to log eight or more weeks atop the Hot 100. By Paul Grein With its victory at the 98th Oscars on Sunday (March 15), HUNTR/X’s “Golden” from KPop ...

In the fall of 1968, Texas-born Jeannie C. Riley became the first woman to get a single to the top of both the Hot 100 pop chart and the Hot Country Singles chart: “Harper Valley PTA,” a sassy ...

Hitting the top of the Hot 100 is something all musicians dream of. But some of your favorite artists have never reached the summit of the chart. Bruce Springsteen, James Brown, and Nirvana all failed ...

In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every chart ...

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now the longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. chart history. The 1994 modern Christmas classic has spent a cumulative 20 weeks atop the Billboard Hot ...

The publication shared the list earlier this week and it features a total of 50 tracks broken up into two categories. The first category, rounded up by writer Jon Caramanica, has "Caramel" from Sleep ...