4, 3, 2…1? Why This Could… Eh, Will Be George Michael and Wham!’s Year
Last Christmas, “Last Christmas” came this close to ending — or at least interrupting — Mariah Carey’s holiday reign at No. 1. This year, to save me from tears, it…
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The Loss of Monoculture: It’s Not That You Don’t Know ‘Choosin’ Texas’—You Just Don’t Have To
‘Choosin’ Texas’ by Ella Langley Just Made Billboard Hot 100 History. Why Do So Many People Say They’ve Never Heard It?
Mariah and Taylor Are One Chart Move Away From a Rare Billboard Record
(November 25, 2025) – A familiar chart battle is brewing this holiday season—one we’ve witnessed before, yet never with stakes quite this high. Taylor Swift, of course, continues her Hot…
The Christmas songs that once knocked Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas” from No. 1 on Billboard’s Holiday chart (and where they stand now)
(December 16, 2022). By now, everyone knows that Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” has returned for a fourth unprecedented run atop the Billboard Hot 100. It…
One song does not a Queen make: US gov’t says Mariah Carey can’t claim “Queen of Christmas” title…
(November 17, 2022). Thanks to the perennial dominance of her 1994 hit “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” which has topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart each of the…