Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Nine of the songs inside the top 10 on the Hot 100 are Christmas ...

The holiday season is finally upon us, and everyone knows that the right tunes can help you get into the spirit. Throughout the years, rappers have brought their unique flair to the holiday season by ...

Black artists have contributed to the most vital Christmas music of our time through soulful classics and energetic R&B holiday songs. These songs are more than just soundtracks for the holidays. They ...

It's the most wonderful time of the year, which means you can start playing all the holiday music you want. Luckily, R&B singers have always brought soulful and emotional depth to Christmas music that ...

At the height of her career, Mariah Carey took a risk by releasing a holiday song. Given what we know about the singer who has dubbed herself "Queen of Christmas," and the ubiquity of the seasonal hit ...

If it began to sound a lot like Christmas earlier than usual this year, it wasn't your imagination. Halloween wasn't even over before Spotify users began curating songs about mistletoe, snow and ...

Christmas music fills the air every December, but much of what dominates playlists is remakes of familiar classics. For listeners searching for holiday tracks that feel fresh yet still capture the ...

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In 1940, legendary composer and songwriter Irving Berlin told his musical arranger Helmy Kresa that “White Christmas” was not only the best song he ever wrote, but also “the best song anybody ever ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As a genre, Christmas music is more than just the classics. As a true connoisseur of the season and a fanatic who writes my own Christmas-themed newsletter, ...

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 ...

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. For all the talk of the best and worst Christmas songs out there, there's ...