Holiday songs have finally disappeared from the Billboard charts, paving the way for old and new faces on the Hot 100, and Stephen Thompson of NPR Music has been listening.

It's a week of chart milestones, as holiday songs hold down the top 24 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, Mariah Carey extends multiple chart records and Taylor Swift pulls out all the stops to defeat ...

Country music's Christmas songs are like side dishes at your fancy holiday dinner. Most country fans reach for the standards, but a few will always prefer those specialty treats. Others you may simply ...

Elton John is celebrating new U.S. and U.K. sales milestones for his classic holiday song “Step Into Christmas.” ...

Christmas and country music were made for each other. Sure, the classics — from Dolly Parton’s “Hard Candy Christmas” to Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Through December” — still define the season, but ...

Texas has never really done Christmas the traditional way. Some years the state is freezing, some years it’s closer to shorts and T-shirt weather, and the music is just as unpredictable. If you love ...

Only eight songs are left to vie for your votes in round two of our Best Rock Christmas Songs bracket. 40 Iconic Rock, Pop, Metal and Hip-Hop Albums Turning 40 in 2026 40 Iconic Rock, Pop, Metal and ...

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 ...