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The song begins with a Christmas-y chime. It's the sound of a celesta — an instrument featured in Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic “The Nutcracker.” Carey’s hit also uses the sleigh bell, which became ...

TORONTO, ON - DECEMBER 21: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Singer Justin Bieber is home for the Holidays and performs in concert for a special acoustic Christmas show at Massey Hall on December 21, 2011 in ...

Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra sing during the taping of "The Dean Martin Variety Show" circa 1967 in Hollywood, California. The list spans decades, beginning with 19th-century carols and leading into ...

Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, ...

At the height of her career, Mariah Carey took a risk by releasing a holiday song. Given what we know about the singer who has dubbed herself "Queen of Christmas," and the ubiquity of the seasonal hit ...

Holiday music brings in more money every year. But most of it goes to the classics. By Robert Levine This may have been the biggest year ever for Christmas music, at least going by the charts. Holiday ...