Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. It’s been a little more than a decade since INXS officially ...

INXS's eighth album kicks off with a song called "Questions" - which is appropriate because there are still queries about where Welcome to Wherever You Are fits in the band's story. "We kind of felt ...

BUSSUM, NETHERLANDS - 10th NOVEMBER: Australian band INXS pose in Bussum, Netherlands on 10th November 1992. The band members are Garry Gary Beers, Andrew Farriss, John Farriss, Tim Farriss, Kirk ...

Kick would be the second of three straight INXS albums produced by Chris Thomas. More importantly, it was the second to drill in on the emerging collaborative genius of Michael Hutchence and Andrew ...

"How can I call myself a straight man," a barback asked me and my friend, "if I would rather look at Michael Hutchence than all these pretty girls?" He returned to his duties, collecting empty glasses ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...