We all enter 2021 facing many challenges, and in the scheme of things this one is pretty minor: Advance notice of album release dates is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. The “surprise drop” that ...

The COVID pandemic continued in 2021, making the presentation of live music difficult, and during a spike in infections, nearly impossible. Over the course of the year, fewer albums than usual were ...

No one knew of the impact one Minnesota native could singlehandedly have on the melancholic R&B world when he released his amateur mixtapes to SoundCloud in 2013. Most chalked down the triumph of his ...

Eilish’s sophomore effort takes fans of the L.A. Native and 10-time Grammy Award winner through an impressive tour of her and her brother Finneas’s musical prowess. With heartrending ballads like ...

Like every year, 2021 was an excellent year for rap music, with so many great albums coming from all across the board. From the poppiest pop-rap to the most experimental interpretations of hip hop, ...

It’s been a whirlwind year, one that started as a continuation of 2020’s lockdown, and then saw the triumphant return of live music, and now is ending like it began, with a mass cancellation of live ...

The Listening: New Music From Ken Carson, Rico Nasty, Nipsey Hussle & Bino Rideaux, Jorja Smith with WizKid, Larry June and More This week’s new music Friday also ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. This article is more than 4 years old. LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY ...

How to pick the best albums of 2021? It was a particularly fruitful year for music, so shortlisting the true standouts is tricky. Looking back, some albums British Vogue selected as the best of 2020 ...

As 2021 comes to an end, there’s a lot to brag about when it comes to queer artists in music. Every year we get more and more queer representation in music, and this year proved that. With new singles ...