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

Blake Wood met Amy Winehouse in January 2008, when they both were house guests of a mutual friend, singer Kelly Osbourne. They hit it off instantly — Wood, a 22-year-old aspiring photographer ...

“Amy Winehouse” rapidly became one of Twitter ... 20 minutes before the White House issued an official statement. (Keith Urbahn, one-time chief of staff for the former US defence secretary ...