Bing Crosby ’s Ultimate Christmas reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Streaming Albums chart for the first time, rising 3-1 on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Bing Crosby changed the future of holiday music when he released ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Bing Crosby is one of the biggest names in holiday music. Some may ...

Bing Crosby ‘White Christmas’ (1942) Irving Berlin won an Oscar for writing this seasonal standard, which Bing Crosby first recorded for “Holiday Inn,” a film released in 1942, establishing a market ...

As we head into December 2025, both Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms are in the Top 5 on Billboard’s Holiday 100 — for 1958’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and 1957’s “Jingle Bell Rock,” respectively.