Bon Jovi had a very busy year, as they celebrated the 40th anniversary of the release of their self-titled debut album. To mark the occasion, the band debuted an archival site, dropped a new album, told their secrets in a docuseries and more. Among the highlights: – To kick off theirRead More →
L-R: Rod Stewart, record label head Clive Davis, producer Richard Perry; L. Cohen/WireImage Rod Stewart is “devastated” by the death of Richard Perry, who produced most of his best-selling Great American Songbook albums. Perry died of cardiac arrest on Dec. 24 in LA, according to the New York Times. HeRead More →
Courtesy Netflix This holiday season, Pentatonix didn’t just do a Christmas tour and release a Christmas song: They also starred in the popular Netflix holiday movie Meet Me Next Christmas. But believe it or not, some viewers had no idea Pentatonix is an actual Grammy-winning act, and not just aRead More →
Sony Music Entertainment If you’re looking to stream holiday songs, keep in mind that if you choose WHAM!‘s “Last Christmas,” you’ll be helping people in need. In a Christmas message to fans, George Michael‘s sister, father and former manager write that they have “donated a substantial amount from George’s LastRead More →
Rowan Papier Ava Max has a new Christmas song this year called “1 Wish,” and every year, her mom fulfills her Christmas culinary wish by making her — and everyone else — a special treat. Like Dua Lipa, Ava is Albanian, and she says every Christmas her mom makes aRead More →
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Miley Cyrus had a pretty great year. She won the first two Grammys of her career for her hit “Flowers,” was named the youngest-ever Disney Legend and received multiple award nominations — including a Golden Globe nod — for “Beautiful That Way,” a song she co-wrote for the movieRead More →
Republic Ariana Grande got a nice Christmas present this week: 10 years after its release, her 2014 song “Santa Tell Me” finally reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. It now has the distinction of being the most recently-released Christmas song to chart that high, making it anRead More →
Courtesy of Warner Music Nashville Releasing a holiday record has been a long time coming for Dan + Shay. Their first Christmas song, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” arrived in 2013. And since then, they’ve dropped several standalone tracks, including “It’s Officially Christmas,” the spirited title track of their new, 21-track double album, asRead More →
Julia Cox In 2024, Sarah Reeves scored a big hit with “More Than Enough” and now she’s got a holiday hit with her version of “Holly Jolly Christmas,” from her Christmas album More the Merrier. She tells ABC Audio that her record company picked the song as a single, butRead More →
Legacy/Columbia Talk about a down-to-the-wire Christmas present: Mariah Carey has unwrapped a brand-new Billboard Hot 100 record. Her song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is spending another week at #1 on the Hot 100, bringing its collective run on top of that tally to 17 weeks. That’s longerRead More →
