Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Taylor Swift’s 1989 reaches 550 weeks on the Billboard 200, ...

Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl becomes her second album to produce multiple No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 as ...

Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour broke records, boosted local economies, and changed the lives of Swifties all over the world throughout its 21-month run. The concert featured nostalgic callbacks to each of ...

If you pay close attention, you can hear it: there’s a new lushness in the opening banjo twangs, and an extra beat when she sings the lyric “Just say yes.” But the difference between the 2008 version ...