Some hard rock albums are good, and others are straight-up perfect. Most would agree that's the case for these three classic ...

Going even further, in the last 10 years, from May 2015 to the present, of the 297 albums that have been No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart – just eight of them were hard rock titles, ...

There were over 35 hard rock and metal albums that went No. 1 in the 2000s. We don't see hard rock and metal top the Billboard 200 very often anymore. As of May 2025, Ghost's Skeleta is only the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Linkin Park's Meteora returns to No. 1 on the Top Hard Rock Albums ...

Before this month, no hard rock act had topped the Billboard 200 albums chart in nearly a half-decade. Now, two have done it in three weeks. How did Sleep Token end up netting such explosive ...

The most important classic rock albums of all time include Black Sabbath's Paranoid, Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut, and ...

What were the best rock albums for each year of the 1990s? It certainly was an interesting decade and our picks track the growth of how rock truly boomed throughout the '90s. For instance, most of the ...

Some of the most influential rock albums ever made were basically ignored when they first came out. Radio stations wouldn’t ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft returns to No. 1 on ...

The '70s were defined by music ranging from pop and punk to country rock and metal, but one genre stands out in the classic rock field: hard rock. Easily encompassing many of the above styles, as well ...