More music, more listeners, no problems. The global music industry hit 4.8 trillion streams in 2024, a new single-year record, Luminate’s 2024 Year-End Report found. That’s up 14% from 2023, which ...

Notice anything unusual about this year's top hits? Yes, more than half of them are from last year. In 2024, there were 13 songs released that year in the Hitmakers final Top 25, as tallied by our ...

BTS member RM's solo track “Nuts” (2024) hit No. 1 on iTunes' top songs charts in 45 regions a year and a half after its ...

The stage for Super Bowl LIX is set between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. But one of the biggest moments that'll take place in New Orleans will be when Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick ...

Alex Warren’s chart-topping ballad “Ordinary” is this summer’s most popular song by the numbers, but critics and music fans have lamented that this summer seemed to have few breakout hits as the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Dolly Parton returns to the Official Singles chart after nearly 15 ...

Popular music took on a number of different shapes in 2024. Shaboozey poured up a few double shots of whiskey for country, Kendrick Lamar took hating in hip-hop to new heights, and Sabrina Carpenter ...