Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Throughout his solo career, John Lennon released a number of ...

With a music catalog as extensive as John Lennon's, it may be a matter of opinion to some fans which of his songs is most iconic. However, based on streaming data, it's clear that his 1971 track ...

A church event in Liverpool brought together two teenagers whose friendship would eventually give the world one of the most ...

John Lennon had a knack for stand-alone Top 40 songs. As the following countdown shows, five of his 14 trips to Billboard's main singles chart weren't originally part of any original album. Included ...

Early on in The Beatles' tenure, John Lennon and Paul McCartney shared an intimate and collaborative songwriting process that ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney fought over which song should be the Beatles' next single. Lennon never got over losing to McCartney's "meaningless" song.

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