Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Rihanna’s Good Girl Gone Bad is now her highest-certified album, ...

Missy Elliott thanks fans after news resurfaces that she became the first female rapper with six consecutive platinum studio ...

Choosing an album’s lead single is often a fraught process. Sometimes, the band and the label disagree over which track should be released as the first single. There’s also a lot riding on the ...

The Recording Industry Association of America has announced its annual tally of 2025 gold and platinum certifications for albums and singles, with Taylor Swift’s “Life of a Showgirl” and Alex Warren’s ...

The inclusion of "Up" and "WAP" — chart-toppers that have combined for more than 2 billion streams on Spotify alone — helps Cardi B claim an unusual milestone: Because of the streams its songs had ...

The original Bad Company knew how to start an album, that's for sure. The newly minted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame supergroup- ...

To no one's surprise, Taylor Swift is once again atop the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) list of top-certified albums of the year for 2025. The RIAA announced its annual tally of ...

Beyoncé has reached another huge milestone in her career, earning the most RIAA certified titles of all time by any female artist. The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that ...

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The three top albums of 2014 are everywhere. Every kid in the country is singing along to the soundtrack to the animated movie “Frozen.” There’s also Beyonce’s eponymous record and Lorde’s first album ...