From punk and indie to hip-hop and alternative rock, these unconventional Christmas songs take a different approach to the holidays. The list highlights tracks that favor storytelling, mood and ...

From Mariah Carey to Gucci Mane, these Christmas albums, EPs, and mixtapes shaped the season and defined the soundtrack of December. Stream the picks here.

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?

As we head into December 2025, both Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms are in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Holiday 100 — for 1958’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and 1957’s “Jingle Bell Rock,” respectively.

As the holidays approach, Christmas songs have been climbing back up the charts. As of Dec. 9, 13 of the top 20 on Billboard's Global 200 chart are holiday songs—eclipsing pop hits like Taylor Swift's ...

Every December, the same voices return to take over radios, playlists, malls and TikTok. From Mariah Carey’s unstoppable holiday empire to Wham!’s bittersweet nostalgia and Michael Bublé’s modern ...

Black artists have contributed to the most vital Christmas music of our time through soulful classics and energetic R&B ...

From Chuck Berry, to Kylie Minogue, to Lower Merion's own Lizzy McAlpine. Our pop music critic builds you a playlist for the season.

The change has been driven by technology. In the pre-streaming era, consumers would play Christmas music through CDs and, ...

The group Pentatonix are known for their a capella renditions of Christmas classics. They used to start touring after Thanksgiving, but this year they kicked off on Nov. 8. “We’re like, ‘well, we ...

Dec. 24 (UPI) --Christmas music often brings to mind familiar carols and pop standards that return every December. But over the years, artists across punk, indie, hip-hop and alternative rock have ...