Billboard highlights several new holiday songs across country, Americana, bluegrass and Contemporary Christian music.

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?

That song is "Last Christmas" by Wham!, taking the #1 spot on the Billboard Global 200 for the week of Dec. 20, 2025. What's interesting about this song is the fact that it really doesn't have much to ...

Michael W. Smith, Tasha Layton, Matthew West, Elevation Worship, Anne Wilson have all recorded excellent Christmas songs in recent years.

On the latest episode of Billboard's On the Record podcast, Charlie Puth goes full 'Professor Puth' to break down the musical ...

It's a week of chart milestones, as holiday songs hold down the top 24 spots on the Billboard Hot 100, Mariah Carey extends ...

Known for “Boots on the Ground,” incorporated into Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter set, singer/songwriter 803Fresh has released ...

New Christmas albums—from Mickey Guyton and Eric Benét to Roberta Flack and vintage holiday reissues worth revisiting.

Rosemary Westwood from member station WWNO asked a few of New Orlean's favorite musicians about the songs they like to listen to around Christmas.

Country music’s Christmas songs are like side dishes at your fancy holiday dinner. Most country fans reach for the standards, but a few will always prefer those specialty treats. Others you may simply ...

Writing and creating an original Christmas song can be challenging. Making it a hit is another issue. To give his new ...

This 2019 holiday film drew its inspiration directly from Wham!’s Last Christmas, weaving George Michael’s music into the ...