Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Coldplay’s Parachutes returns to the Billboard 200 at No. 169 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Coldplay’s A Rush of Blood to the Head climbs to a new peak of No.

When singer, pianist and guitarist Chris Martin formed a band with a few other students at University College London in 1997, the quartet chose the ill-fitting name Big Fat Noises. Soon, bassist Guy ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...