Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” holds at No. 1 on Radio Songs for a twenty ...

Alex Warren’s breakthrough single, “Ordinary,” has a backstory made for TV. The 24-year-old artist wrote it about his wife, Kouvr Annon, whom he started dating when they were both 18. It wasn’t the ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. There’s a new No. 1 song on Billboard’s Hot 100 this week. But for chart followers like me, there’s ...