Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “When I wrote [it], I had absolutely no idea the impact the song would eventually have worldwide,” Carey marveled to Billboard in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” holds at No. 1 on Radio Songs for a twenty ...

Shaboozey's “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” breaks the all-time record for the most weeks spent at No. 1 on Billboard's Radio Songs chart, with 27 stays—and it's not done yet. LOS ANGELES - DECEMBER 31: ...

Is Beyoncé going to get some love at the country radio format, now that she’s released a single, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” that openly embraces the genre? That’s a big question mark, as radio programmers, ...

Do you miss the '80s? Well, just tune into your local classic rock station, problem solved! According to Mediabase, a music industry service that monitors airplay in over 180 markets, 26 of the 40 ...

Zach Top's "Sounds Like the Radio" is a sneaky introduction to the newcomer. The fiddle-bent foot-stomper leans traditional in a way most from this 21st century neo-traditional movement won't.

In “The Spirit of Radio,” the late Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart has a lot to say about the state of commercial radio. Some of it is unflattering. With references to “salesmen,” “glittering ...

There’s a good chance that you know psych-rock wizard Ripley Johnson from his bands Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo, but there’s at least some possibility that you also know him from his monthly NTS Radio ...

Frank Zappa once provocatively asked, "If lyrics make people do things, how come we don't love each other?" This insightful question set the stage for a pivotal moment in music history. In 1985, Zappa ...

For those who tuned into the radio regularly throughout the 1980s, certain songs became inescapable, playing on what felt like an endless loop. Tracks like "I Just Called to Say I Love You," "Wake Me ...