Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Fans in the United Kingdom are paying very close attention, as the ...

Two of rock's biggest names — Aerosmith and Bruce Springsteen — both released their debut albums to little fanfare on Jan. 5, 1973. And although the Boston-based hard rockers' self-titled album ...

Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. returns to the Billboard 200 and debuts on two rock-focused Billboard charts following the July 4 holiday. The classic album launches on the Top Rock Albums and ...

The 1984 album has re-entered the Billboard 200 at No. 69, marking another milestone for Springsteen's classic release. The album originally peaked at No. 1 on the chart and has now spent 145 weeks on ...

“I wanted to cut some music that felt very explosive,” the “Born in the USA” explained to biographer Peter Ames Carlin in 2012’s Bruce. “I wanted a record that combined the fun aspect of what the band ...

Bruce Springsteen’s catalog of studio albums stands out for its amazing consistency. But a few of those albums have stepped to the front of the line when it comes to recognition and popularity. We’re ...

Boxed sets celebrating classic rock albums offer the joy of discovery, in all those abandoned alternate versions being brought into the light as bonus tracks, but usually also some simultaneous ...

Bruce Springsteen has been making music for more than half a century at this point, and like a lot of long-running artists, there are an almost overwhelming number of positive things that can be said ...