Nothing rings in the holiday season quite like Christmas music. As debates on when to begin playing holiday music rage across the internet like wildfire, the actual tunes get lost in the shuffle. For ...

Modern holiday chestnuts by veterans of the long-running TV talent competition. By Fred Bronson People sang around Christmastime as early as the year 129 A.D. and created Latin hymns for the season by ...

It's way too early to tell. But the song's annual streaming success makes it a possibility. By Robert Levine Hit songs come and go — artists last. What lasts even longer, though, are Christmas songs, ...

There’s something truly magical about a classic Christmas song and its ability to fill a person with the Christmas spirit, conjure memories of the kind of holiday you’re meant to dream of when Bing ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Is Christmas really the saddest day of the year? There’s a whole history of holiday music that explores what it’s like to be down-and-out during the season. Are you mourning absent family members?

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So you know when you go home for the holidays, and your mom puts on the same Christmas playlist she's had on lock for the past three decades (with nary a modern Christmas hit to be found), and you've ...

At the height of her career, Mariah Carey took a risk by releasing a holiday song. Given what we know about the singer who has dubbed herself "Queen of Christmas," and the ubiquity of the seasonal hit ...

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, ...