Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. A little more than 50 years ago, Led Zeppelin released its sixth ...

How a harrowing accident inspired Robert Plant to write the epic Led Zeppelin song, deeply rooted in the tradition of Greek mythology.

The likes of Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos and Rosalía's LUX are among a handful of contenders to land on multiple top 10 album lists for 2025, but will they be remembered in 2075? It's hard to say ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

Nearly 50 years after its release, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours isn't just the best selling classic rock album of 2025, it's the 25th-best selling record of the year overall. Of course, the very top of the ...

Metalheads have always found transcendence, exultation, and deliverance in music’s heaviest genre where everyone else has heard noise. Sometimes you need to feel like the sound coming out of your ...

Three rock albums made Billboard's list of the 50 Best Albums of 2025 and one of them actually cracked the Top 10. This particular list consisted of staff picks and there are 30 writers credited on ...

This year in country music was all about artists discovering ways to innovate old forms and traditions. In some cases, like Eric Church’s Evangeline vs. the Machine and Carter Faith’s stunning debut ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Few musicians affected the guitar landscape quite like Eddie Van Halen, and ...

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

As the year comes to an end, we are wading deep into list season. Now that we’ve talked about the best albums, songs, debuts, and EPs of 2025, it’s time to get even more granular and pay tribute to a ...

One band absolutely dominated the hardcore conversation this year, and they did it by working way, way harder than anyone else. Affable Boston bruisers Haywire spent 2025 playing sweaty, cathartic, ...