For more than 70 years, the greatest musicians in the world have been recording Christmas songs. Here are our picks for the ...

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 ...

As both a music critic and a seasonal fanatic who writes my own Christmas-themed newsletter, here are a half dozen essentials.

The Temptations' funky cover of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer captured Jamerson at his peak powers, before personal problems began to take their toll ...

New holiday music is one of the rites of ever seasons, as acts both expected and surprising take their crack at adding some ...

We found three of the best Christmas songs in country music, which were all released sometime during the 1980s.

Jackson 5 released Give Love on Christmas Day in 1970, and the heartfelt track has grown into one of Motown’s most cherished holiday songs.

We aren’t really sure why Christmas music is so controversial. Maybe it is its unrelenting ubiquity from Thanksgiving through the end of the year. It could be some of the overplayed, hideous songs ...

Holiday playlists change every year, but a handful of Christmas records from the 1950s and 1960s still feel like the season’s default soundtrack. These albums mix lush orchestration, crooner warmth, ...

Recorded at bassist Brian Frink’s studio in Beverly HIlls, “Welcome to the Jingle” adds staples such as “Silver Bells,” ...

As Christmas draws near, the pace of daily life begins to slow, and music often becomes a quiet companion to the season.

“A Very Broadway Christmas” includes stars from more than 25 Broadway shows, including Wicked, Motown, Phantom of the Opera, ...