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    11 Songs Where the Focus is the Child (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; AcatXlo, Евгения, giselaatje, Leroy Skalstad, Nandu Vasudevan, Sonam Prajapati from Pixabay]
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    11 Songs Where the Focus is the Child | Playlist 🎧

    11 Songs Where the Focus is the Child features songs by Asbjørn, Blessing Offor & Dolly Parton, Five Stairsteps, J. Cole, and Mariah Carey.

    By the musical hype, 12 monthsJanuary 24, 2025 ago
    Luther Vandross, O Come All Ye Faithful: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 193 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Sony Music Entertainment; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via Pixabay]
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    Luther Vandross, O Come All Ye Faithful | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

    In the 193rd edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “O Come All Ye Faithful” by Luther Vandross. 

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsDecember 25, 2023 ago
    Mariah Carey vs. Whitney Houston: Head 2 Head 🗣️ No. 40 [📷: Arista, Brent Faulkner, GenderArts from Pixabay, The Musical Hype, Sony Music Entertainment, Valentin Tikhonov from Pixabay]
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    Mariah Carey vs. Whitney Houston | Head 2 Head 🗣️

    On the 40th edition of Head 2 Head, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston contend for the best rendition of “Joy to the World.” 

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsDecember 18, 2021 ago

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