Turkey and Ukraine can also be relied upon to enter consistently cheerful songs, although Turkey hasn't participated since 2012. The UK normally submits songs on the sadder end of the scale ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. During Monday’s (April 8) solar eclipse, a number of well-known hits ...

Researchers from the University of Oxford analysed the songs that topped the charts between 1953 and 2019. When they compared them to weather bureau records, they discovered the popularity of ...