Birthed as it was on the eve of another revolution, Cappeau and Adam’s song was praised by French poet Alphonse de Lamartine ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Celine Dion's version of “O Holy Night,” which she released in 1998 ...

Already controversial in in France, “Cantique de Noël” made some people uneasy; but in America, the English translation into ...

In the fall of 1847, a French wine merchant, Placide Cappeau, was asked by his local priest to write a Christmas poem. Not long after, Placide Cappeau showed this poem, “Minuit, chrétiens,” to the ...

Before you’ve even heard Carrie Underwood’s version of “O Holy Night,” you’d likely assume it to be powerful. Underwood seldom performs a song she can’t make quick work of. The soaring high notes in ...

Ravyn Lenae is taking the award for best holiday cover of 2025. A hauntingly beautiful rendition of the holiday classic reimagined by the rising R&B artist, her rendition of "O Holy Night" is what ...

Editor’s Note: Over the four weeks of Advent, alongside the release of season three of “Hark!,” our podcast about the meaning and making of our favorite Christmas carols, America staff will also share ...

Soulful Christmas music is an obsession for Bill Adler, so he interviewed the singer of one of his favorite songs "There isn't a Christmas that goes by that I don't sing 'Oh Holy Night,'" says Irma ...

Twenty-six years ago, George W. Hunt, S.J., then editor in chief of America, wrote that “O Holy Night” was one of his favorites among Yuletide songs, modestly adding: “I’ve sung it countless times in ...

The singer wrapped up the North American leg of her Hit Me Hard and Soft World Tour with a five-night Kia Forum stand that had Finneas sitting in as guest. Calisthenics were never remotely the point ...

Kristin Chenoweth performs "O Holy Night" with the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra. The American music critic John Sullivan Dwight translated the lyrics of this carol, one of the most dramatically ...