Record labels' deals with AI music generation platforms bring more questions than answers heading into a crucial 2026.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. K-pop superstars G-Dragon, Jennie, Rosé, PLAVE and IVE top the ...

As 2025 comes to an end, The Sunday Special is looking back on the year in culture. This week, we’re listening to the songs and albums that defined the year, for better or worse. Gilbert Cruz is ...

In September, country singer Zach Bryan decided to climb a barbed-wire fence to get at newcomer Gavin Adock, and the music community watched replays with jaws hanging open. It was a shocking attack on ...

If 2024 was the year of the situationship album (and, yes, there are still plenty that dropped thereafter), then 2025 was the year we danced through the fire. The hypnotic, high-tempo momentum of this ...

StubHub has released its 2025 Year in Live Experiences report, offering a snapshot of the artists and trends shaping the new era of touring. From blockbuster acts like Coldplay and Kendrick Lamar to ...

It is quite a feat to keep track of plot developments in the ongoing story of this ever-changing thing we call “Nashville music” each year. Like every year, I owe a major debt of gratitude to a small ...

Get ready for more year-end K-pop festivities! On December 15, MBC’s Music Festival announced its lineup of artists including aespa, ALLDAY PROJECT, ATEEZ, BEATPELLA HOUSE, BOYNEXTDOOR, CORTIS, ...

Brookhaven Police Department recently announced they arrest Lazlow Miller after receiving an alert about stolen packages. Packages stolen from home on Sheridan Court reportedly found in his car. House ...

To make a list is immediately to begin second-guessing it. This year that’s especially true below the Top 10, in my list of 20 runner-up albums, for which I had double that many candidates I could ...

Yes, we define indie rock pretty broadly for this list. Four decades after bands like the Replacements, the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, and the Meat Puppets got this scene rolling, indie rock is more a ...

Here’s what to expect. We’re a good way into December, and that usually means our favorite subscription services are already stocked and loaded with new offerings. However, it’s been a bit of a wait ...