For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from November onwards, and the uncouth younger sibling of the traditional carol.

From punk and indie to hip-hop and alternative rock, these unconventional Christmas songs take a different approach to the ...

“The most famous of these, Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You, remains the best-selling Christmas record of the ...

There's a Christmas song for all tastes – jolly to melancholy – so corralling them into one list is not only futile, but impossible. Still, we try.

What makes holiday music so popular years after they came out and what do modern songs have in common with them? A Virginia Tech professor says these themes tie them together.

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

A journey through five decades of Christmas music, exploring hits from Wham! to Sabrina Carpenter, that shaped how we celebrate the holidays.

The change has been driven by technology. In the pre-streaming era, consumers would play Christmas music through CDs and records or catch tunes on the radio during the winter months. But the rise of ...

Every year ahead of the Christmas season, the top spots on global music charts are dominated by carols from “legendary pop singers,” a trend that has persisted. Even global pop icons like Taylor Swift ...

The tune crooned by Bing Crosby is still one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time. It's endured as a favorite — ...

From cosy winter mornings to loud festive nights, these Christmas songs are dominating Instagram Reels in December 2025, blending nostalgia, pop energy and holiday warmth.