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.

Black artists have contributed to the most vital Christmas music of our time through soulful classics and energetic R&B ...

"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” by Plastic Ono Band and "Father Christmas" by The Kinks are all among the very best classic rock ...

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey and "Christmastime Is Here" by Vince Guaraldi Trio are among the best ...

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 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 ...

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.

Songs from the soundtrack to ‘Oh. What. Fun.’, new holiday albums by Mickey Guyton, Old Crow Medicine Show, Brad Paisley ...