Jay-Z released The Blueprint, an album that would go on to cement his legacy as a generational figure within hip-hop. The ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For a moment, country music superstar Ronnie McDowell simply refused to believe icon, Dolly Parton’s passing. “Somebody called me yesterday and I thought they were joking,” said ...

The world has lost a music legend in Dolly Parton, who has died at 80 after a “brief battle” with cancer. She’s remembered for her twanging country vocals, decades of hit recordings, Grammys, Emmys ...

Like Elvis, she hardly needed a last name: "Dolly" was enough to identify her. If Elvis was the King, Dolly was beloved. Few singers have had such as many devoted fans or inspired such affection, ...

Not every great Beatles song needed a dramatic story or profound subject. Again and again, the band could start with something mundane, ordinary or seemingly insignificant and transform it through ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice ...

Every year, when May 1 comes around, there's a meme on the internet that's almost impossible to escape: the misheard lyrics of NSYNC's hit song "It's Gonna Be Me." The joke sees "me" replaced with the ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — In 1985, the raucous garage-rock anthem "Louie Louie" came within a legislative vote of replacing "Washington, My Home" as the state's official song — the culmination of a publicity ...

Almost every musician has a moment, usually in their early life, when they see or hear another musician and are so profoundly electrified that they have no choice but to pick up an instrument of their ...

A surprising decision nearly kept this legendary recording from the public before it became one of music’s defining classics. An iconic Grammy Award-winning 1972 No. 1 hit has just been ranked among ...