Originally Posted by marke09:
“Do todays pop bands /stars release Christmas songs? doesnt seem to be many new songs that we will be singing year in year out like the 60s and 90s - have you got a recent (last 5 years) Christmas favourite song”
It's become popular for the more established artists to release a Christmas album.
People like Michael Buble, Kelly Clarkson have had great success with theirs and I believe both Kylie and Katy Perry are doing them for release this year.
As The X Factor has more or less claimed victory every year in the xmas no.1 stakes, the major pop acts of the last 10-15 years have either thought why bother or were signed to SYCo and as a result, probably wouldn't be allowed one. With X Factor suffering a slow death atm, there could be a big festive pop hit in the next few years.
For reference, Kelly Clarkson's Underneath the Tree is a personal fave for me.