The Booming Business of Christmas Music
Now that streaming gives seasonal songs an annual boost, the holiday recorded-music business is worth $177 million a year in the United States alone, Billboard estimates. But Santa saves most serious royalty checks for decades-old classics

Sam Smith is in a Blue Christmas Mood on Surprise 'The Lighthouse Keeper' Single

The Endless Green of 'White Christmas' & Other Holiday Hits

Jimmy Iovine Shares His Pro Tips for Producing a Hit Christmas Album and What He Loves About Some of His Favorite Holiday Songs

Holiday Music's Long Tail: Listeners Return Again and Again to the Same Classics

Did 'Last Christmas,' the Movie, Boost Plays of 'Last Christmas,' the Single? It Depends

Christmas Bonus: Inside the High-Margin Business of Streaming-Focused Holiday Compilations

How Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' Became a Christmas Hit Decades After Its Release

These Two Former Billboard Staffers Produced One of Rap's Biggest Christmas Hits

How Kacey Musgraves Gave Her Christmas Album a Second Life

How HAIM and Jack Black Helped This Grammy-Winning Music Supervisor Curate a Hanukkah Album

How Trans-Siberian Orchestra Manages a Holiday Haul of Nearly $60 Million in Just Seven Festive Weeks