On this day (September 8) in 1979, Led Zeppelin topped the UK Albums Chart with In Through the Out Door. It spent two weeks at No. 1 in the band’s home country. The LP also went to the top of the ...

The members of Led Zeppelin felt they needed to do something different with In Through the Out Door. They hadn’t released an album since Presence (1976), and the music world was changing quickly. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The release of the Becoming Led Zeppelin documentary pushes several ...

To be so well-regarded as a touring band, Led Zeppelin certainly shied away from live albums. They released just one official concert recording during their '70s-era heyday, 1976's bombastic, ...

It's basically an official fact that Led Zeppelin was the biggest rock band in the world in 1972. (Sure, some might argue otherwise, but they'd be wrong.) So when the group started working on their ...