Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

March 13, 2025 • Streaming has turned the once-rare deluxe edition into a given for pop albums. Many feel clunky or inessential — but a few artists have found ways to take the format high-concept.

SZA has officially responded to that viral moment from Shannon Sharpe’s interview with Coco Jones. While interviewing the “Bel-Air” actress, Sharpe referenced SZA and her public comments ...

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SZA’s world domination is truly something to behold. The R&B songstress is seemingly everywhere, cleaning up at the Grammys, hitting the Super Bowl stage alongside Kendrick Lamar, and dropping ...

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The song is also making history on radio airplay charts. By Gary Trust Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” leads the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart for a second week. A week earlier, the single ...

The joint tour of rapper Kendrick Lamar and singer SZA, “Grand National Tour”, includes a concert in Portugal, on 27 July at the Estádio do Restelo, in Lisbon. The tour, which kicks off in April in ...

While the 2025 Super Bowl was all about the showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance brought a different kind of drama. Lamar, who ...