Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Professor Mike Alleyne Ph.D is an award-winning author and editor. Typically, hits album titles generally lack originality in ...

At the first prime time of the vinyl albums (and cassettes too), greatest hits albums and all their variants by specific artists were like a Swiss knife of the music industry, serving as a ...

In the 1990s, music fans were insatiable. Not only did we want regular record releases, but we raced to the stores for movie soundtracks, underground mixtapes, and greatest hits albums. We just couldn ...

Songs From the Garage was renamed Full Moon Fever. Released April 24, 1989, it sold five million copies in the U.S. and ...

Looking at the roster of top-selling records, you could easily think greatest hits albums are doing better than ever. As of September, two dozen had made it onto the music industry’s list of the 200 ...

EAGLES start 2026 making history. They have now become the first band to earn quadruple diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of more than 40 million ...

NEW YORK — The Eagles’ classic album ‘Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975)’ has made music history by selling more than 40 million units in the United States, making it the top-selling album ever in U.S.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Eminem’s Curtain Call 2 reaches 150 weeks on the U.K.’s Official ...

Billy Joel's Greatest Hits is a collection released in two sets, 12 years apart. The first set, the two-disc Greatest Hits – Volume I & Volume II, was released in 1985. The second, a single disc ...

If there’s something that the Red Hot Chili Peppers aren’t lacking, it's hit songs. The California foursome has remained among the most successful rock bands of all time for decades, outliving most of ...

Firing on all cylinders, the band's core lineup— Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, and returning guitarist John Frusciante —curated a 16-track collection that focused heavily on their ' 90s and early ...

When you want to put an album on and just let it play, what do you select? When you’re on a road trip, or you’re painting your house, or maybe you’re making an elaborate dinner—what records do you ...