Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Madonna hits the top 40 on a U.K. chart this week as “Like a Prayer ...

The Untold Chapter EP debuts at No. 2 on one chart, missing out on earning the pop icon another No. 1 winner in the U.K.

It’s been 42 years since Madonna arrived on the scene with a post-disco anthem inviting everybody to “get up and do your thing.” Decades later, in an interview with Rolling Stone, the global pop icon ...

“Strike a pose” commands the Queen of Pop at the outset of one of her most recognisable singles. Yet Madonna’s perennial dancefloor-summoning monolith Vogue was originally rustled up as the cheap ...

In 2004, Rolling Stone launched its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. Tabulated from a massive vote that had artists, industry figures, and critics weighing in, the list has been a source of ...

Madonna‘s had an impressive array of No. 1 songs, but she’s also had something rarer: an impressive array of No. 2 songs. Some of her defining hits just missed the top spot. Here’s a nostalgic look ...

Hear five standouts from the set, and six we wish she’d played. By Caryn Ganz Lindsay is desperately seeking some time off this week, so I am the first of your guest playlisters: Caryn, the pop music ...

The singer kicked off her world tour in London. Madonna officially kicked off her Celebration World Tour in London over the weekend, wowing fans with a litany of hits and memorable surprises. Among ...

Here's what we're dying to hear on her 40th anniversary trek. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director In 1910’s The Vagabond, the French writer Colette claimed, “The only real things are the dance, ...

Madonna has revealed that she thinks her "most retarded" songs are the ones that become hits. The 51-year-old told Rolling Stone that she struggles to spot future chart-toppers when recording an album ...