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 ...

Long Island’s very own maestro, Billy Joel, has an impressive discography rivaling all of his peers, with a ton of recognizable hits. But in the 2025 Best of Long Island contest, there could only be ...

Billy Joel turns 77, and a fan ranks his ten greatest songs, skipping "Piano Man" in favor of deep cuts, rockers, and ...

Billy Joel earned a reputation as one of the finest singles acts of his era. But you could also count on Billy Joel to give you albums that stood out as outstanding listens from start to finish. We ...

Even if Billy Joel had a lighthearted side in his songs, there were more than a few dark chapters he wanted to explore as ...

This singer songwriter is a true icon.

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 ...

Billy Joel was firmly proud of many of his pop hits, but not all of his experiments worked out exactly as he had planned it.