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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?

Last night, December 20, Ariana Grande returned to Studio 8H to host Saturday Night Live for the second time in as many years. During her monologue, Grande parodied Mariah Carey’s recently ...

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Ariana Grande is reflecting on how Mac Miller influenced her music seven years after his death. The singer made rare comments about her late ex during a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter for a ...

Season 23 of Variety’s “Actors on Actors” kicks off with a star-studded interview featuring Adam Sandler and Ariana Grande. The much-awaited episode drops today, December 5, on CNN at 9 a.m. ET and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. As the Wicked: For Good soundtrack debuts on charts all around the ...

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