Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nothing else has been heard from Perry’s upcoming fourth ...

Ever since 1978, UB40 has been a steady global music presence preaching the reggae-pop gospel. The United Kingdom natives marked the band’s 45th anniversary in 2023 and has further celebrated this ...

Ever since Kool Herc brought Jamaican sound system culture to the Bronx and birthed a billion-dollar industry called hip-hop, dancehall reggae has been the ghost in the American urban music machine.

ASPEN The neighborhood in the English city of Birmingham where Robin Campbell grew up was heavy with all kinds of immigrants: Irish, Scots, Jamaicans, Africans and others. The predominant sound, ...

Imagine that a nightclub accidentally booked two wildly different acts — one reggae, one country — for the same night, and instead of one backing out, the bands decided to jam together. That's "Reggae ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Within the grand ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica—Call it Reggaenomics. As a drumbeat eases the listener into a familiar reggae rhythm, the high tenor of Jamaican pop star Tarrus Riley cuts through the groove.

For more than a year, Rihanna and her label Roc Nation have been hunting for beats as they work to complete an album devoted to exploring the singer’s Caribbean roots, according to conversations with ...

I started as Music Director and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic in July, 1979. The first show I put on was the Reggae Beat, which soon became the most popular weekend show at the station. Roger ...