Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Weeks after his death, Ozzy Osbourne, as both a solo artist and ...

Last year was a busy year for the markets. It included macro events like tariffs, artificial intelligence (AI) and the growing dominance of U.S. tech companies attracting ever more global retail ...

For the third straight week, the soundtrack to KPop Demon Hunters places a record-setting four songs in the top 10 simultaneously, led by HUNTR/X's "Golden" at No. 1. But it's not the only album whose ...

Still, slow weeks on the Billboard charts can yield fascinating anomalies. With numbers depressed across the board, two albums debut in the top 10 this week. One is Who Believes in Angels? by veteran ...

Paul McCartney debuts the Man on the Run soundtrack at No. 5 on the Soundtracks chart, marking his first appearance on the ...

This week's albums and singles charts are both dominated by the same record: Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend, which debuts at No. 1 and lands all 12 of its songs in the Hot 100's top 40. For the ...