The battle for the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart has raged on for decades. Some songs have made it to that top spot for weeks on end. Others only got a taste of that No. 1 goodness for a ...

Slang, a term for the informal, non-standard lingo used in social settings, doesn't originate in a vacuum. The invented words we casually throw around come from the culture around us, particularly the ...

Stone Roses bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield, who played the iconic opening notes on the Manchester band’s 1989 hit “I Wanna Be Adored” and later joined Primal Scream, has died. He was 63. BBC News ...

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

We already knew that Jo Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona, for some California grass. Now we know precisely when. A new three-part documentary series on the making of the Beatles’ album “Let It Be” ...

Back in the golden days of Top 40 radio, most of the songs you heard had some kind of hook that made you want to hear it again or even buy the 45 rpm vinyl single: a great dance beat or a terrific ...

Craig Brewer’s Song Sung Blue is striking a chord — and a few sour notes — with critics following its AFI Fest bow ahead of its Dec. 25 release. The true-story dramedy about Milwaukee Neil Diamond ...