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When MTV launched in the early 1980s it offered the perfect soundtrack for a generation focused on becoming successful and accumulating wealth. But while one of the channel’s most iconic videos was ...

There’s a part of me that refuses to believe that Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms can be celebrating its 40th birthday this year. It seems only a few years ago that I listened to it on a cassette that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. “Sultans of Swing” gives Dire Straits its first streaming hit in ...

For Mark Knopfler, music has been a lifelong passion, and it's been a well-rewarded one. The numerous accolades he's received would take us too long to list, but among them are several Grammy Awards, ...

Dire Straits had a lot going for it as a band. Chief among those qualities was the songwriting of Mark Knopfler, as these ...