Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. As Britpop debuts atop the U.K.'s Official Albums chart, Robbie ...

The dirty secret about comedy albums is that not every great comedian can record a great album. Plenty of great comedians either never got around to preserving their act on wax or they wound up with ...

Paste has been in existence since July 2002, but it’s taken 22 years for us to sit down and make a “Greatest Albums of All Time” list. Every reputable outlet has done this at some point or another; ...

If you’re within a certain age bracket, you’ll remember the news being delivered with grave certainty: The iPod is going to end the album as we know it. Yet for as many 99-cent songs as were purchased ...