It’s a hot topic for Christmas music lovers every year: What’s the most popular Christmas song? It’s an opinion-based question, but if you’re measuring each song based on profitability, there’s a ...

This week, there are five Christmas songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. The oldest of those holiday tracks was released in 1957 (“Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms), while the “newest” one ...

Three of Ariana Grande's Christmas songs—"Santa Tell Me," "Oh, Santa!," and “Santa, Can’t You Hear Me”—all appear on the Billboard charts this week. LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 18: Ariana Grande ...

After Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” came out in 1994, the canon of Christmas music remained closed for the next 20 years. In 2014, Ariana Grande released “Santa Tell Me,” her first ...

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