Why do new Christmas songs fail?

Boys of Dungeon Lane, McCartney's collaboration with producer Andrew Watt, arrived when McCartney was 83 and and he came out swinging: the opening track greets listeners with a dissonant, unresolved guitar chord that sets the album's tone. Harmonic instability runs through the en ...  Show more

A sci-fi ballet imagined a 2080 where AI strips people of purpose, and the day before its New York premiere, an actual dystopia arrived. Arc Iris, the trio of Jocie Adams, Zach Tenorio and Ray Belli, built iTMRW as a concept record set in a future ruled by a mega-corporation that ...  Show more

On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are identifying relatively modern holiday songs -- released less than 20 years ago but adorning the Holiday 100 for at least five Christmas seasons -- that look like they might have the staying power to become evergreen hits. L ...  Show more

Classical Christmas playlist .. 1.Christmas day - Dido 2.Mistletoe - Justin Bieber 3.Driving home for Christmas - Chris Rea 4.Fly me to the moon - Julie London 5.White Christmas - Michael Buble 6.Merry Christmas everyone - Shakin Stevens 7.Laylet Eid - Fayrouz 8.Let it Snow , let ...  Show more

The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast wishes you a Merry Christmas -- and a happy new playlist! On our latest episode, we take a listen to five 2020 holiday hits, from Mariah Carey's new "girl group" with Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson on "Oh Santa!" to Jonas Brothers' melancholic mi ...  Show more

Call me Scrooge. Call me Grinch. Call me Irresponsible. But once again I just couldn’t bring myself to produce another idiotic, holly jolly Christmas show. A few holiday seasons ago, I just burned out on Christmas songs. So instead I’m giving you an hour of crazed rock ‘n’ roll — ...  Show more