Charles Aaron is an American music journalist and editor, formerly for Spin magazine, where he worked for 23 years.

[8] Charles Aaron began as a contributor to Spin magazine around 1991 while the hip hop music genre was becoming popular with white audiences.

[21] On the occasion of Aaron's last issue (February 2014), Spin reprinted what was considered some of his best music journalism, including "'Sir Real'" from 1993 about Snoop Doggy Dogg.

[22] In 2000, Charles Aaron and Sia Michel, both of Spin, were presented with the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for their coverage of The Notorious B.I.G.

[24] The American Society of Magazine Editors named Spin's tablet version a finalist or its Ellie Awards in 2012.

[26] Charles Aaron was widely speculated to be the alleged author behind "The Rock Critical List", which appeared online in February 1999.