Five years ago, in the stir-crazy swelter of COVID-19 lockdown, I clung to one ritual: long drives along Massachusetts’s North Shore with Taylor Swift’s album folklore on repeat. Salt air on my Chevy ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Taylor Swift’s Folklore celebrates 260 weeks on the Billboard 200, ...

Released in July, Taylor Swift’s eighth studio album, “folklore,” surprised music fans worldwide. Her seventh studio album, “Lover,” had dropped less than a year before, and few anticipated that she ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Taylor Swift fills twice as many spots on Billboard's Top Album ...

At that time, the pop icon, 35, wasn’t even a year removed from releasing the pastel-hued Lover. No one saw folklore coming — literally or sonically. If Lover was a “light pink sky,” folklore was a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It turns out that even Taylor Swift finds it difficult to pick her top five favorite Taylor Swift songs. ...