Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Professor Mike Alleyne Ph.D is an award-winning author and editor. Typically, hits album titles generally lack originality in ...

If there’s something that the Red Hot Chili Peppers aren’t lacking, it's hit songs. The California foursome has remained among the most successful rock bands of all time for decades, outliving most of ...

At the first prime time of the vinyl albums (and cassettes too), greatest hits albums and all their variants by specific artists were like a Swiss knife of the music industry, serving as a ...

Strangely, greatest hits albums can be polarizing. Some music “purists” out there believe that true fans should dive into each record a band released and appreciate all their songs—not just the top ...

Looking at the roster of top-selling records, you could easily think greatest hits albums are doing better than ever. As of September, two dozen had made it onto the music industry’s list of the 200 ...

When you want to put an album on and just let it play, what do you select? When you’re on a road trip, or you’re painting your house, or maybe you’re making an elaborate dinner—what records do you ...