Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. As Britpop debuts atop the U.K.'s Official Albums chart, Robbie ...

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Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends. Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” earned a record debut on the Billboard charts Monday with 4.002 million album units, comprised ...

Taylor Swift is known for dropping Easter eggs in her songs and leading up to new album releases — but which of her album announcements has been the most elaborate? Swift made her music debut in 2006 ...

At only 23, singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo is no stranger to breaking records, and she's adding even more to her long list of accomplishments. Her third studio album, you seem pretty sad for a girl ...

The legendary multihyphenate speaks with The Hollywood Reporter about her new album, ’The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two,’ and why she prayed her voice would show up for it. By Chris Gardner ...

The album breaks the modern-era records for most albums sold and units earned in a single week. By Xander Zellner The first-week numbers for Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, are, ...

Plus, Bing Crosby's Ultimate Christmas breaks the record for the biggest streaming week ever for a holiday album. By Keith Caulfield There are a record seven holiday albums in the top 10 of the latest ...

Kiss fans got a big surprise in late 2025 when Peter Criss emerged from a long hibernation with a brand new studio album. "In the Dark" has an appealing strut, "For the Money" features an infectious ...

You can't rush perfection, but you can hurry it up. Making an album can sometimes take ages: we're talking months and months of recording, enlisting the right musicians, setting up the studio, nailing ...