Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

US President Donald Trump is pushing for a quick end to the war in Ukraine, but it’s proving more difficult than he thought. A heated meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

The song tops Mainstream Rock Airplay. By Kevin Rutherford Less than two years after first appearing on a Billboard chart, Sleep Theory hits No. 1 on a ranking for the first time, jumping three ...

With its latest jump from No. 4 to 1, “GNX” marks the set’s second week atop the chart following its release in November. Additionally, two of Lamar’s other albums — 2017’s “Damn ...

Thanks to a Super Bowl-fueled surge, the single breaks its tie with SZA's "Kill Bill" for the most weeks at the top of the chart. By Trevor Anderson Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” adds ...

giving the song its third non-consecutive week atop the chart. “Not Like Us” garnered 49 million streams last week, according to Luminate, while racking up 33,000 song sales. It jumped from ...

THEORY & PRACTICE, by Michelle de Kretser In the 1980s, an intellectual revolution took hold on college campuses, spreading, this newspaper reported at the time, “like kudzu.” Under the ...

The Official Trending Chart is based on the first four sales days of each chart week (that's Friday to Monday) and ranks those songs showing week-on-week growth on the Official Top 100 Singles ...

IVE’s “REBEL HEART” is the No. 1 song for the third consecutive week. Congratulations again to IVE! Moving back up three spots to No. 2 is BABYMONSTER’s “DRIP.” Holding steady at No. 3 ...

Photo by Fredrik Nilsen In his ongoing Numbers and Trees series, Gaines continues to chart differences. During a 2023 visit to Tanzania, the artist photographed majestic baobabs, which form the basis ...

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A chart comparing today's post-COVID-19 inflationary wave to the great inflation of the 1970s is making the rounds again after Wednesday's hotter-than-expected CPI report. Apollo economist Torsten ...