Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. The 2000s marked a transformative period for music, but not ...

Think back to when you first heard one of those songs that just seemed to be everywhere. You know the ones. Playing on every ...

The 2000s feel like just yesterday, and for many, it was the beginning of the future where flying cars and space travel would be the norm. Well, at least of music going from physical formats like CDs ...

Response to our just-released list of the best 25 country songs from the last 25 years was fast and fierce. Several legendary artists failed to place a single song on the list, and fans noticed. A ...

The 2000s produced some major pop stars. These stars were earning unprecedented international fame. Their songs were everywhere. They had seemingly endless amounts of TV appearances, collaborations, ...

What rock songs from the 2000s do you consider "god-tier" tracks? It was an interesting period for music. At the turn of the decade, nu-metal was just emerging, but pop-punk and emo were on the verge ...

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a sort of renaissance happened in country music. Tons of songs from that era blended together pop elements with not-so-traditional country sounds, and some of those ...

Carrie Underwood and Blake Shelton join Toby Keith, Reba McEntire and several more as creators of country music's best music ever, according to the Grand Ole Opry. In honor of the Grand Ole Opry's ...