From the rise of streaming and the changes it brings to the polarization of listeners between niche work and the ultra-mainstream, things are happening in music that would have been inconceivable in the old era. Two such moments happened simultaneously in recent weeks…

I’ve been meaning to do this for years: a list of my music-related favorites. What are yours?

Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, is currently sitting in 5th position on the Billboard 200, the main US albums chart. A full 44 years after its original release… Crazy, right?