NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 06: Benson Boone performs at the 2025 Governors Ball at Flushing Meadows Corona Park on June 06, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Marleen Moise/Getty Images) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Benson Boone earns his eighth Hot 100 hit with "Mystical Magical" ...

He thought continuing on the show would hurt his career. So he vanished in the middle of the season. But nothing Boone does is half-hearted. From the mullet to the mustache to landing backflips off a ...

But it didn’t stop there. In July, the ballad became the first song in the history of the Hot 100 to secure 100 weeks on the chart. “‘Lose Control’ is the first time I really hit the mark,” Swims says ...

We live in a world of pop “girlies” right now, and while that’s a triumphant thing, for them and for us, we’ve still got to maintain some kind of rooting interest in seeing one of the pop boys ...

Last spring, Benson Boone released a power ballad called “Beautiful Things,” which cracked the Billboard Hot 100’s top 10 in its second week of public existence. My forecasting instincts aren’t always ...

His bodysuit fitted as tight as a tourniquet, his little mustache pert and shampooed, the 22-year-old Benson Boone looked the part of the consummate Gen Z rock-and-roll heartthrob on the first night ...