After renowned Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen died at age 82 last week, his signature song "Hallelujah" leads the LyricFind U.S. and Global charts (dated Nov. 26), as it debuts at No. 1 on… ...

“Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song” is a documentary about the Leonard Cohen song “Hallelujah,” and if that sounds like a lot of movie to devote to one song — well, “Hallelujah” is a lot of ...

Earlier this month, legendary singer, songwriter, recording artist, musician and poet Leonard Cohen passed away at the age of 82, leaving behind a legacy of music that is sure to be treasured for ...

“Hallelujah” continued making inroads into other genres of music. Country stars LeAnn Rimes, Brett Young, and Wynonna all performed the song. The night after Leonard Cohen’s death was announced, Keith ...

In the late 1970s, Leonard Cohen sat down to write a song about god, sex, love, and other mysteries of human existence that bring us to our knees for one reason or another. The legendary ...

Leonard Cohen struggled to unlock the potential of "Hallelujah"—it was John Cale who held the key Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” was a complex, nearly indecipherable musical riddle that flummoxed even ...

However, its popularity wasn’t that clear right after Cohen first recorded it for a 1984 album that nobody really paid much attention to -- his longtime record company didn’t even release it initially ...

In 1984 — the same year that Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Madonna ruled the pop charts with “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Purple Rain” and “Like a Virgin,” respectively — there was another classic that ...

How an unlikely standard by a Jewish Buddhist got cast as a Christmas song. By Alan Light Since the business of Christmas music is growing so fast – it occupies six of the top 10 places on the ...

The late Leonard Cohen's best known song, "Hallelujah," took more than a decade to find its audience. Alan Light, author of the "The Holy or the Broken," talks about the unlikely ascent of the song.

When the late Leonard Cohen delivered “Various Positions,” the album that included “Hallelujah,” which in time would become his most famous song, the record label executives recoiled in distaste and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. “From the beginning,” says Geller, “we really knew that the song was the ...