Even after singing for nearly half a century, Indian singer K.S. Chithra prepares for every live performance with the ...

Renowned producer AVM Saravanan (1939-2025), a pillar of Tamil cinema, passed away at 86. Known for his gentle demeanor and ...

Telisha “Nikki” Jones grew up steeped in gospel, blues and R&B. She sang in a choir and wrote poetry. But becoming a full-time artist was “never a dream of mine,” she said. That all changed in ...

The producer has reached the top of the charts and won Grammys. As he embarks on the next phase of his career, he’s looking back on what he’s learned. Credit... Supported by By Jonathan Abrams Hit-Boy ...

Big-name artists don’t always announce when they’ve written a song about another celebrity, but fans usually pick up the clues. Breakups, personal feuds, and private relationships have a way of ending ...

In the 1980s, these 10 acts just barely avoided one-hit wonder status, but which is their third best song? The decade was littered with one-hit wonder bands, but some acts managed to squeeze out ...

Any seasoned country executive can tell you that there's a certain secret sauce that goes into making a radio hit. A catchy hook, a relatable lyric, a little twang ... and well, if you throw in a few ...

Wait, this is a Benny Blanco track? He's just as surprised as you are. Selena Gomez's soon-to-be betrothed revealed that he sometimes finds himself jamming to a song and wondering who made it, only to ...

One-hit wonder songs through the years have covered everything from lost love to walking 5,000 miles to be with the one. Like much of popular music, most one-hit wonders involve falling in love in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. “The Chain” — long regarded as one of Fleetwood Mac’s most popular ...

We throw around the word "genius" a lot when it comes to musicians. But Brian Wilson? He was a genius. The songwriter who gave us so many hits and brilliance with the Beach Boys and beyond died at the ...

TikTok often popularizes songs from music’s biggest and buzziest artists. But one of the most viral songs right now was recorded in 1961. More than six decades ago, singer Connie Francis recorded ...