Long before the rise of streaming, Christmas songs like “The Little Drummer Boy” and “Jingle Bell Rock” were some of the most popular of the genre racking up weeks on the charts in the 1960s without ...

There are two golden eras of Christmas pop songs. The most recent one was in the mid-to-late 1980s when Band Aid, Wham! and The Pogues dominated the chart. But the first golden period was between 1972 ...

This week, there are five Christmas songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The oldest of those holiday tracks was released in 1957 (“Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms), while the “newest” one ...

It’s a hot topic for Christmas music lovers every year: What’s the most popular Christmas song? It’s an opinion-based question, but if you’re measuring each song based on profitability, there’s a ...

Hear tracks from Bartees Strange, Madi Diaz, GloRilla and Kehlani, and others. By Jon Pareles Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s ...

Mariah Carey, the self-proclaimed “Queen of Christmas,” just earned herself another gift this year in the form of two new Billboard records. Carey’s upbeat holiday pop song, “All I Want for Christmas ...

We all have our favorite holiday traditions from decking our hallways with Christmas decorations to the annual viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas. But when did these traditions start? Who was the ...

Christmas music seems to be hit-or-miss with most people, and opinions on specific songs can vary greatly. Finance information hub FinanceBuzz has compiled a list of the Christmas songs that have been ...

Artists across all genres tend to release Christmas music every year. Sometimes, they compose new original songs for the holiday season. Others choose to put new spins on Yuletide classics. However, ...

After Irving Berlin, left, penned 'White Christmas,' he pegged Bing Crosby as the ideal singer for what would become a holiday classic. Irving Haberman/IH Images via Getty Images Irving Berlin was a ...