Fueled by the popularity of “Higher Ground,” the Red Hot Chili Peppers were poised for mainstream success with their follow-up album Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The 1991 album featured the hit singles ...

It’s the second major payday for the band: in May 2021 they sold their publishing catalogue to Hipgnosis Songs Fund.

Per The Hollywood Reporter (on May 8), Red Hot Chili Peppers “sold the rights to their recorded catalog” to WMG “in a deal worth more than $300 million, . . . with WMG acquiring the catalog through ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold their recorded music catalog to Warner Music Group in a deal worth more than $300 million. The purchase of the Chili Peppers’ catalog was part of a bigger deal ...

Music companies' Q1 2026 earnings are now being reported. See what Universal Music Group, Spotify, HYBE and others made in the first quarter.

In the ongoing Mike Vrabel-Dianna Russini saga, some new information has come to light. Apparently, following a four-game skid back in 2022, when Vrabel was still the head coach of the Tennessee ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers performed “Can’t Stop” for a crowd in Los Angeles during the Olympic closing ceremony. Skateboarder Jagger Eaton carried the flag into the 2028 host city. Aug. 12, 2024 Watch ...

Israeli-born Hillel Slovak (second from left) was a founding member of The Red Hot Chili Peppers and died of a heroin overdose in 1988. Photo courtesy of Netflix In a chilling moment during the new ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. As of 2026, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have been charting hit albums ...

A version of this story first appeared in The Swell, Salon's culture newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, for more culture that's made to last. Before we stage-dive into the Red ...

At first, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were not good. Neither of their first two albums make it into this top 10, and with good reason—for their first half-decade, the band were mostly focused on ...

On his first ever solo album, Red Hot Chili Peppers' eccentric bassist Flea is full of surprises. He opens with a track that serves as an abbreviated segue between what most fans know him for and what ...