Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. The 2000s marked a transformative period for music, but not ...

What an exciting 20 years it was for rock music between the 1990s and 2000s, filled with plenty of "god-tier" tracks that left their mark on music and culture. You can only hope that enough innovation ...

Response to our just-released list of the best 25 country songs from the last 25 years was fast and fierce. Several legendary artists failed to place a single song on the list, and fans noticed. A ...

Here’s the thing: Bruno Mars was behind all of those throwback songs. And you probably had no clue. Before he became one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, Bruno Mars was quietly shaping the ...

The Grand Ole Opry, country music's beloved cultural institution and an American staple, turns 100 this year. To celebrate, the Opry is revealing a list its fans compiled of the 100 greatest country ...

Overplayed and saturated with cheese, these songs from the 2000s often evoke a strong response. Whether it’s nostalgic fondness or outright distaste, there’s still no denying that these songs once ...

The 2000s feel like just yesterday, and for many, it was the beginning of the future where flying cars and space travel would be the norm. Well, at least of music going from physical formats like CDs ...

Modern country music gets a bad reputation. Sure, there have been some overly slick, even corny country songs released in the 2000s. But that can be said about any music style in any decade. Indeed, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carrie Underwood and Blake Shelton join Toby Keith, Reba McEntire and several more as creators of country music's best music ever, ...

Country fans in need of something modern and romantic this Valentine's Day will find their song on this list of country music best love songs from the last 26 years. We focused on hits released ...