As legend has it, Taylor Swift has a new top single. "The Fate of Ophelia" has surpassed "Anti-Hero" to become the singer's ...

Rob Sheffield counts down his 25 favorite songs of 2025, including hits by Taylor Swift, Addison Rae, Kehlani, MJ Lenderman ...

Shazam today announced it is rolling out a new Popular Segments feature that reveals exactly which part of a song is most popular with listeners. For example, the image above shows that the given song ...

Nolan McGill, a fifth-grader at Rivermont Elementary in Chattanooga, Tenn., is a big fan of Gunner Stockton and the Bulldogs.

Bruce Springsteen remembers the making of his first Top 10 smash, which debuted during 'The River' tour in 1980.

After a few years away, Justin Bieber made a strong return in 2025 with “Daisies,” a breezy, guitar-leaning single from his ...

TouchTunes, the jukebox industry giant, has revealed the most played rock songs of 2025 through their jukeboxes, sharing both the Top 5 current rock songs as well as the Top 5 older catalog songs that ...

Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends. Girl group Katseye, whose viral Gap jeans ad dominated TikTok and sparked a dance trend, ranked as the most popular musical artist on ...

Over the past 50 years, the lyrics of popular songs in the U.S. have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports. The ...

Christmastime is unofficially "Mariah Carey Season," as the pop star's ubiquitous Christmas hit, "All I want For Christmas," is the most-streamed Christmas song of all time, according to Forbes. But ...

UCR's list of Top 25 Rock Songs of 2025 shows that the genre remains anything but predictable. There are a trio of duets, including one that was tossed off in less than a month and another that was a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Mariah Carey charts a new top 10 hit as “Christmas (Baby Please ...