On the one hand, Forbes reported that as of 2010, the song was making Sir Paul between $400,000 and $600,000 per year. On the ...

“Shake the Snowglobe” and “Pick Out a Christmas Tree” also truncate the verses towards the middle of the song, so that the ...

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?

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Around Christmas, listeners are also more open to a wide range of sounds. A capella music is not usually commercially ...

MARIAH CAREY: (Singing) I don't want a lot for Christmas. There is just one thing I need. SUMMERS: That, of course, is Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." It first came out - can you ...

The best Christmas music is heartwarming. The Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s “Christmas Canon” is a shockingly cynical rebrand of an earlier piece of classical music. The tune is awful — but it’ll stick ...

One of the rare classic rock songs in the Christmas music canon is “Holiday Road” by Lindsey Buckingham. The tune in question is fun. However, it doesn’t deserve a place on any Christmas playlist.

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