It’s been four years since a hard rock band topped the Billboard 200 albums chart — and far longer since such a band did so without having decades of hits already to its name. But this week, Ghost ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. In 2025, Ghost is more popular than they’ve ever been. The ...

Hard rock hasn't had an easy time on the charts in recent years: The last such act to top the albums chart was AC/DC, whose Power Up hit No. 1 for a single week in late 2020. But while Skeletá is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Not since Slipknot and TOOL’s 2019 albums, has a metal or ...

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, ...