Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

After more than a year of false starts, billboards, pre-order links, and teasers, fans are still wondering if they’ll ever ...

Some records don't get the praise they deserved in their time, but every one of these albums didn't warrant the ridicule ...

Since it began publishing weekly in 1956, the Billboard 200 has tracked the best-selling albums in the US. Today, it's still an impressive feat to reign atop the chart, especially with several ...

Released on the cusp of a new millennium ... lyrically unacceptable to sing in public. The album is relentlessly violent and filled with Eminem doing colorful character work.

Tickets for Detroit performance will be given away today (May 18) ...

It’s New Music Friday, and the freezing cold won’t keep us from streaming some excellent new albums over the weekend. Today marks the arrival of Sam Fender’s third album People Watching, which he ...

We break down the ill-considered decisions that lead to tracks from the Beatles' "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" to Elton John's ...

So much rap music comes out all the time, and especially with frequent surprise releases, it can be hard to keep track of it ...

Any artist's job is to entertain with any project, but these albums had their teeth out and refused to apologise for a second. Read more about them here.