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 ...

Our full list of picks for the best full-length hip-hop projects ever made is out now. Hip-Hop has spoiled us. In the 50 years since a group of kids decided to throw a party in the Bronx, the genre ...

Paste has been in existence since July 2002, but it’s taken 22 years for us to sit down and make a “Greatest Albums of All Time” list. Every reputable outlet has done this at some point or another; ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...