The highest-earning Christmas songs of the 21st century
Why do so many artists record Christmas songs? Because if they get it right, it means money year after year after year. This is a list of the most lucrative Christmas hits of
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Are these the most hated Christmas songs of all time?
We’re in the thick of Christmas music season, something that seems to have started sometime in October. It’s also time to make a list of the Christmas songs that grate on the nerves.
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With about a week to go, here’s another survey of 2023’s favourite Christmas songs.
Hang in there. Another ten days or so and all the Christmas music we’ve been hearing over the last six weeks will once again go back into hibernation. Meanwhile, though, the statistical fascination
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The madness that is the UK Christmas #1 is on!
Brits have been laying bets on which single will be at #1 on the last national music chart published before Christmas. For the last eleventy billion years, it’s been some kind of parody/charity
Read MoreNeed some variety with Christmas music yet? How about these pop-punk versions?
There are maybe, what, fifty standard traditional Christmas carols? If you listen to any of those all-Christmas radio station, you’ll know that these songs get recycled as dozens of different cover versions. If
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Photos and a review of Anyway Gang performing on the CP Holiday Train
[More from photographer Ross MacDonald and reviewer Karen Coughtrey. – AC] Once again at this time of year the 2023 CP Holiday Train has started its tour of Canada and the United States.
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It’s time for the batsh*t craziness that’s the battle for UK #1 at Christmas. LadBaby music be stopped!
First, a primer. The British love to bet on which song will reach #1 on the singles chart on the last possible chart day before Christmas. This is a tradition with bookies and
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Yes, it’s Xmas, but there’s still a Robert Fripp/Toyah Willcox Sunday Lunch performance
My wife and I differ on Christmas movies. She likes White Christmas, It’ a Wonderful Life, and The Bell’s of St. Mary’s. I prefer Black Christmas, Die Hard, and anything that contains “XXXmas”
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 969: The 26th annual Christmas show
Let me explain myself. Over the last couple of decades, a growing number of radio stations have flipped to an all-Christmas format starting as early as the end of September. Good on them.
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David Byrne offers up a twisted song for the holidays
A Christmas song? Not really. A holiday song? Barely. At least it’s for charity. Let’s let David Byrne himself explain what he’s done here (via his Reasons to Be Cheerful newsletter): I always
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How about an Omicron-themed Christmas song?
The Omicron variant has buggered up so much these last few weeks including unaccountable Christmas gatherings. Steve Hardy felt that this required a special song.
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