PEOPLE FIRST started bopping to “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” in 1958. They have done so every December since. Yet it was not until 2023—exactly 65 years later—that the song topped the charts.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US unemployment rate rose to 4.6 per cent in November, the highest level in more than four years, in a ...

One-hit wonders from the 1980s seem to have stood the test of time more than one-hit wonders from previous decades. And while tons of solitary hits from that decade still make it to listeners’ ...

We asked listeners to tell us about the one song they couldn't stop listening to in 2025 and why. The stories poured in -- voice memos, emails and more, with deeply moving and personal accounts of ...

Some songs are just so good, they can generate hit-making status for more than one musical artist or group. Here are 25 notable examples. Listed in alphabetical order.

Songbird Mariah Carey – the self-proclaimed Queen of Christmas – is quietly panicking that her longtime holiday hit won't dominate the airwaves this year, which would be a blow to her ego and her ...

KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drones struck two Russian oil rigs in the Caspian Sea, an official in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Friday. The source said SBU drones hit the ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has lifted a tsunami advisory for northern Japan’s Pacific coast that had been issued after an earthquake shook the region, national broadcaster NHK reported, ...

AI DevOps tool Harness, founded in 2017 by serial entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, is on track to exceed $250 million in annual recurring revenue in 2025, Bansal tells TechCrunch. The startup just raised a ...

05:16, Thu, Dec 11, 2025 Updated: 07:13, Thu, Dec 11, 2025 Supporters of Martin Lewis have rallied behind the money-saving expert following an accusation levelled at him on social media. Mr Lewis has ...

The junta has turned to air bombardments to reclaim territory from ethnic armies At least 34 people have died and dozens more are injured after air strikes from Myanmar's military hit a hospital in ...

At England's busiest emergency unit, all the beds are full by midday. As one patient leaves his room at Leicester Royal Infirmary's acute unit, cleaning staff are waiting outside. He is barely out of ...