The holidays are over, both on the calendar and on the pop charts, and that's great news for an assortment of beneficiaries.

This was destined to be a Christmas-y week on the Billboard Hot 100.

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

With Carey's enduring Christmas hit, we may be looking at a record that borders on the untouchable.

So much of the holiday season is about finding a balance between bright lights and dark nights. Sixpence None the Richer's music finds depth in the in-between.

Florence Welch talks about Everybody Scream, plus the band performs live from Electric Lady Studios in New York City.

Even as sombr and Rosalía hit new career highs, there's a major churn taking place just below the top 10, as a wave of Christmas songs begin their ascent.

The girl group had a vision for how to rewire its troubled industry. The industry had other plans.

Because of a Halloween boost, "Thriller" helps Jackson hit some major chart milestones.

The Spanish singer Rosalía talks about her new album 'Lux,' a head-spinning, epic album that features classical music, opera and the artist singing in 13 languages.

Taylor Swift's chokehold on the Hot 100 is loosening, and that's made room for two fresh career milestones.

Billboard has revised its system of removing songs from the Hot 100 singles chart once they've gotten too old to qualify as contemporary hits.

The Life of a Showgirl isn't just a streaming success — it has moved a massive number of vinyl LPs. How massive? Let's do some math.

Swift's 12th studio album returns to her pop roots, with lots of love-struck lyrics and upbeat melodies. But it's also a warning about the darker side of an industry she has battled — and bested.

On her 12th album, the most dominant pop star of our era makes a spectacle of herself in full flower, in love and holding the music industry in the palm of her hand.