These projects showcase how different artists have shaped holiday music through original songs and reimagined classics. Mariah Carey’s chart-topping hits and Gucci Mane’s festive mixtapes show the ...

Christmas music has produced countless classics, but it has also given rise to some truly strange albums over the years. Especially during the vinyl era, artists and studios experimented wildly with ...

Sabrina Carpenter’s "Such a Funny Way" finally reaches the Hot 100 months after its release following its posting to ...

Let’s face it, most Christmas music is painfully, unabashedly straight. The festive season is a time for colour, ambiance and festive cheer, but if you listen to the radio, it’s all the same tired ...

So God bless the occasional singer-songwriter like Ben Folds who sees Christmas as a way into writing the kinds of songs he would usually write, not just for the purposes of a new album but a proper ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Cher's new holiday single “Christmas Is Here” debuts at No. 2 on a ...

Courtesy of JT Griffith The holidays are often a time of reflection, and this year we wanted to take you back to March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic had only just begun, and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown ...

I have a playlist called “Tolerable Xmas Music.” As you may imagine, it isn’t super long. But I hold out hope that every season there will be some new gift to add to the playlist. If you’re looking to ...

Texas has never really done Christmas the traditional way. Some years the state is freezing, some years it’s closer to shorts and T-shirt weather, and the music is just as unpredictable. If you love ...

It's a week of chart milestones, as holiday songs hold down the top 24 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, Mariah Carey extends ...

Paul McCartney either had a very good seventies or a terribly bad seventies; it just depends on who you’re talking to. In my experience, those taking the side of “bad” tend to be Beatle purists or ...

NEW ORLEANS — When you think about music in New Orleans — you probably think of jazz or blues, or maybe funk and bounce. Christmas carols? Not so much. But many musicians in New Orleans have deep ...