There's a Christmas song for all tastes – jolly to melancholy – so corralling them into one list is not only futile, but impossible. Still, we try.

For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from November onwards, and the uncouth younger sibling of the traditional carol.

There are a record seven holiday albums in the top 10 of the latest Billboard 200 chart (dated Jan. 3, 2026), led by Bing Crosby ’s Ultimate Christmas, which hits a new peak with a 6-2 climb. The ...

Nine of the songs inside the top 10 on the Hot 100 are Christmas smashes, with only Taylor Swift's "The Fate of Ophelia" ...

The change has been driven by technology. In the pre-streaming era, consumers would play Christmas music through CDs and records or catch tunes on the radio during the winter months. But the rise of ...

Carey claims her unprecedented and milestone 100th career week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, having accumulated her haul over 19 ...

Released in 1994, Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas” is an up-tempo love song that talks about prioritizing time with a lover ...

Mariah Carey charts a new top 10 hit as “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” rises at the same time that “All I Want for Christmas Is You” leads the Hot 100 again.

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?

Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' has broken the record for most weeks spent at No. 1, logging 20 weeks on the ...

A new study reveals the most pet-friendly Christmas songs based on tempo. Slow classics like “Carol of the Bells” soothe dogs ...

BTS' Jung Kook has released a cover of Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song" that's smooth like butter, available now to listen.