Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts.

Tom Petty’s 1993 Greatest Hits compilation may have been a fan-pleasing collection of prime cuts, but as far as Petty was concerned it was a contract breaker and nothing more. Eager to leave MCA ...

Tom Petty made his mark on the rock world by writing some of the strongest songs the genre has ever witnessed. But this guy ...

With his long blond hair and high cheekbones, Tom Petty looked like a central-casting rock star. The nasal whine of his voice, propensity to pick fights with the music industry, and loyalty to the ...

Tom Petty thought he was just making another solo album. Instead he ended up performing open-heart surgery on himself, ...

Tom Petty’s been gone for seven years, but he seems as ubiquitous as ever in 2024. The concert film Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, directed by Cameron Crowe and aired on MTV just once in 1983, ...