You could get dolled up in sequins and feathers and hit the town on New Year’s Eve — or maybe the couch and a bottle of bubbly is calling your name.
If you’re in the latter camp, there are many musical options for your viewing pleasure as we ring in 2026. And in fact, even if you’re going out, you could catch at least some of these supersized New Year’s Eve TV specials.
First up, we have Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest, which will air for a whopping eight hours this year — the longest telecast in the show’s history. Diana Ross will headline from Times Square, and she’ll be joined by dozens of other acts, including Mariah Carey, Chappell Roan, HUNTR/X (EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI), Charlie Puth, 50 Cent, Post Malone, Demi Lovato and more. (Tune in at 8 p.m.-4 a.m. ET on CBS or Paramount+.)
Then there’s the country-centric New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash, which will be headlined by Lainey Wilson, Jason Aldean and Bailey Zimmerman, and will also include performances from Riley Green, Zach Top, Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and more. (Tune in at 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. — with a pause for local news — on ABC.)
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Also on the show, we’ve got chart news on how Mariah Carey has broken the record for the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a single song, as “All I Want for Christmas Is You” spends a 20th nonconsecutive week atop the chart.
Plus, Wham!’s “Last Christmas” is the No. 1 song in the world, as it hits No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 chart for the first time. Over on the Billboard 200 albums chart, half of the top 10 are holiday albums, while Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl continues to dance at No. 1.
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Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2026 is produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.
