Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Billy Joel has been a major touring force for many years, which ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Billy Joel's The Stranger and Greatest Hits jump to new peaks ...

This iconic 1974 song is climbing the charts again after a memorable appearance in the series finale of 'The Boys.' ...

The reinvention paid off. Glass Houses won Joel the 1981 Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, a stamp of approval on ...

Billy Joel is proving that classic rock never goes out of style. The legendary singer-songwriter, best known as the "Piano Man," is seeing renewed chart success decades after dominating the music ...

Billy Joel had a bunch of massive hits in the 80s. But these deep cuts from the decade hit just as hard as the smash singles.

The song was relased in 1977.

In most cases, the start of a career is crucial to long-term musical success. Mess up that opportunity and it’s difficult to right the ship and grab the public’s attention when they’ve moved on to ...

The ‘70s classic was heard in the series finale.

Billy Joel has branded The White Album by The Beatles a "collection of half-a--ed songs". The Piano Man was clearly not a fan of the legendary rock band's 1968 self-titled double album - which ...

One of the most cogent pieces of pop music analysis in recent memory is not an essay, or a review, or a magazine cover story, but a 2023 tweet from writer Matthew Perpetua, who broke Billy Joel's ...

Even though Billy Joel was used to making the greatest melodies of anyone, sometimes the best ones are the tunes that fall out of the sky.