Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" is a delightful holiday song. We're not here to hate. But can we all admit that the annual hype around it has gotten to be a bit too much? Each year, ...

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There are many Christmas songs that you just can't get out of your head. The moment you see the name of the song, or the ...

Cher makes a merry move to No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary radio airplay chart (dated Dec. 9) with "DJ Play a Christmas Song." The single surged by 31% in plays in the Nov. 24-30 tracking week ...

Cher performed the track last month as part of Macy's Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. By Starr Bowenbank With less than a week until Christmas, Kelly Clarkson sunk her teeth into a newer holiday track ...

Modern holiday chestnuts by veterans of the long-running TV talent competition. By Fred Bronson People sang around Christmastime as early as the year 129 A.D. and created Latin hymns for the season by ...

There’s less of a link between successful movies and hit singles these days, but back in the glory days of the CD single, getting your song into a box office smash could make your career. Just ask ...

If you look up ten lists or playlists of country Christmas songs, you’ll likely find Merle Haggard’s 1973 No. 1 hit “If We Make It Through December” in at least five of them. In my opinion, it’s out ...

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Cher closed out the final Saturday Night Live of 2025 with two tracks from her 2023 Christmas album. The pop icon, who had been an SNL musical guest only once before, opened with the up-tempo "DJ Play ...

You know the holidays are near when you start to hear Christmas songs echoing through the air. Michael Bublé in the grocery store, Jennifer Hudson in the coffee shop, and of course Mariah Carey as she ...