Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. 5 Seconds Of Summer's new album Everyone's a Star! debuts at No. 1 ...

In 2011, four boys from Sydney, Australia, came together to form the teen pop band 5 Seconds of Summer. Also known as 5SOS, the group released their sixth studio album Friday, 14 years after their ...

For the first time, when the members of Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer started to create their sixth album, they already knew what they wanted it to look and feel like. "When you can see ...

5 Seconds of Summer reaches No. 1 on Billboard's Vinyl Albums chart for the first time as Everyone's a Star! debuts atop the tally, while launching inside the top 10 elsewhere. OCTOBER 29, 2025: ...

You’ve certainly grown up since 2014. The idea you have of 5 Seconds of Summer? It’s time for that to grow up as well. 5 Seconds of Summer, composed of Luke Hemmings, Ashton Irwin, Michael Clifford, ...

Over a decade ago, the Australian pop-punk boy band 5 Seconds of Summer emerged as charming genre-revivalists. Their 2014 career-making single “She Looks So Perfect” was all palm-muted power chords ...