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There is probably no chart position more fought over than the Christmas number one. This year, it looks like LadBaby will steal their fourth chart win in

Whether you love it or hate it, Christmas music is unavoidable during the holiday season. But what makes a Christmas number one, and why is the music of yule so meaningful?

There is probably no chart position more fought over than the Christmas number one. This year, it looks like LadBaby will steal their fourth chart win

The sound of someone finding their way in the world: Carole Kings 1971 album Tapestry The sky was blue, the breeze was cool, the Hollywood Hills twinkled in the sun. And as she sped towards Laurel Canyon with the roof down, 26-year-old Carole King could feel life hurtling forward to met her at a headlong pace.  “I turned right onto Laurel Canyon and revelled in the rush of wind blowing through my hair,” the singer-songwriter would write of her first experiences of LA in her 2012 memoir, A ...

"Auto-Tune is great for fixing vocals, but we use Auto-Tune in a way it wasnt designed to work. A lot of people complain about musicians using Auto-Tune. It reminds me of the late 70s when musicians in France tried to ban the synthesizer. They said it was taking jobs away from musicians. What they didnt see was that you could use those tools in a new way instead of just for replacing the instruments that came before. People are often afraid of things that sound new." Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk...