For viewers weaned on an era when American Idol incubated household names like Kelly Clarkson and Adam Lambert, the special might have seemed jarring. But since the show’s revival landed on ABC in ...

Discover the significance of Christmas carols in Black churches, blending theology, emotion, and cultural texture. Explore the contributions of Black composers and arrangers.

Birthed as it was on the eve of another revolution, Cappeau and Adam’s song was praised by French poet Alphonse de Lamartine ...

“White Christmas” might be the best-selling Christmas song ever, but the song’s backstory has less to do with tidings of comfort and joy than it does with the tragedy of loss and war. Written by ...

Every December, a small group of songs returns to dominate charts, playlists, and pop culture. Their extraordinary sales show how timeless Christmas music truly is. Wham!’s “Last Christmas” has sold ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: We wrote this back in 2021, but with Christmas upon us again we felt like it was the perfect time to update it. There's nothing that brings the world together more than sharing opinions ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. You can’t fail with Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree and Ariana Grande’s Santa Tell Me but sometimes you want something ...

It’s the most wonderful time of year for singer Mariah Carey. Every year during the Christmas season, Carey’s song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” surges to the top of the Billboard singles chart.

Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, ...

The playlist includes a range of 40 songs in the Isle of Man's native language A new online audio resource will allow Christmas songs in Manx to be heard on island and further afield, the musician ...

Christmas hasn't started until you've heard Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You - but it might surprise you to know she's not the highest Christmas earner. Though the 'Queen of Christmas' ...