The year 2025 was rich with new original music from New Jersey and here's a sample of the 13 best the state has to offer.

Isaac Brown Description Hi! I'm Isaac, an "outside-the-box" Gen-Z music producer and composer. My work spans musical theatre, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. As multiple cuts featured on Private Music continue to rise on the ...

As the holidays approach, Christmas songs have been climbing back up the charts. As of Dec. 9, 13 of the top 20 on Billboard's Global 200 chart are holiday songs—eclipsing pop hits like Taylor Swift's ...

UCR's list of Top 25 Rock Songs of 2025 shows that the genre remains anything but predictable. There are a trio of duets, including one that was tossed off in less than a month and another that was a ...

Sometimes songs are more successful than the bands that released them. For whatever reason, earning a hit doesn’t automatically mean becoming a beloved group. The three classic rock songs below proved ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. A little more than 50 years ago, Led Zeppelin released its sixth ...

The top country songs of 2025 prove that the next generation has arrived, and we're not just talking about the artists. Important songs from this year broke on streaming platforms or social media ...

After getting blowback from fans, one of the top rock bands of the last half-century is defending its decision to play at the recent Kennedy Center Honors program under President Donald Trump. Fans ...

This is an edition of the newsletter Pulling Weeds With Chris Black, in which the columnist weighs in on hot topics in culture. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday. It’s once again the ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...