From Herb Alpert’s Latin flair to Stryper’s heavy holiday vibes, this year’s Christmas album lineup has something for everyone. With fresh takes on classics and standout originals, which of these 2025 ...

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It’s been a rather prolific year for holiday albums – the 17 titles covered in this column even omit a few 2019 releases. And there aren’t any real duds, either. So here’s a look at this year’s ...

If I may defer, however briefly, to the wisdom of the late Tom Petty, “Well, it’s Christmas all over again.”And for a lot of people, that means listening to the same old Christmas records all over ...

Editor's note: Originally published December 2014. Updated December 2025. Christmas is right around the corner, so you’re probably getting in the holiday spirit with a little music. Maybe it’s that ...

This essay is part of HuffPost’s series “This Made Me,” a collection of stories about the pop culture that moves us. We republished this 2024 story just in time for the holidays. Now that Christmas is ...

Bing Crosby 's Ultimate Christmas reaches No. 1 on Billboard's Top Streaming Albums chart for the first time, rising 3-1 on ...

We aren’t really sure why Christmas music is so controversial. Maybe it is its unrelenting ubiquity from Thanksgiving through the end of the year. It could be some of the overplayed, hideous songs ...