It’s hard to believe we’re about to put 2025 in the rearview mirror. I feel like it was just yesterday when I was putting this list together last year… I don’t know where the time has gone, but I do ...

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

Hip-hop has officially exited the upper echelon of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time in more than three decades. The top 40 of the iconic chart currently contains zero rap songs, marking ...