Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Mariah Carey's “All I Want for Christmas Is You” breaks into the ...

Wham!'s "Last Christmas" is the No. 1 song in the world, snowballing three places to the top of the Billboard Global 200, as the 1984 classic by the British duo of George Michael, who died in 2016, ...

NEW YORK, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" has been the soundtrack of the holiday season for nearly 30 years. Why has this song become a rare modern Christmas hit ...

If you're tired of hearing the same old Christmas songs ever year, blame the internet, the music industry and your parents. The likes of Mariah Carey's "All I want for Christmas is You", The Pogue's ...

Wham!’s “Last Christmas” sleigh-rides from No. 18 to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Dec. 14), as the 1984 classic by the British duo of Michael, who died in 2016, and Andrew Ridgeley hits a new ...

For the second week in a row, the Top 10 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 are packed with holiday perennials ... and Kendrick Lamar. With Christmas songs filling the entire Top 5 — and Mariah Carey ...

Every December, the same voices return to take over radios, playlists, malls and TikTok. From Mariah Carey’s unstoppable holiday empire to Wham!’s bittersweet nostalgia and Michael Bublé’s modern ...

It’s not new that towards the end of the year, Christmas songs dominate the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. They’ve never achieved total domination, though, because there’s always been at least ...

With all those Christmas cookies around, it might be a good idea to get your heart pumping this holiday season. The average American gains a pound or two between Thanksgiving and New Year’s — and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. As the holiday season comes to a close, this week may be the ...