What are the most played Christmas songs?
Every year, a few weeks before December these songs get played everywhere. On the radio, at parties or on the street. And they are mostly the same songs. These are of course Christmas songs. There are an endless amount of Christmas songs. Some hate them and some adore them. But which are played the most?
Number one is maybe an easy answer for many. It is of course “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey. The hit was released in 1994 and has become by far the most played Christmas song.
In second place lies Wham! with their song “Last Christmas”. And in third “Fairytale in New York” by Pogues.
The artist with the most songs in the top 50 list is Michael Buble with 4 songs. He also has the most sold christmas album of all time, titled “Christmas”.
Michael Buble and other artists are known for covering various Christmas Songs. The most covered christmas song of all time is “Silent Night” with over 26 thousand different covers on Spotify, followed by White Christmas, which has over 20 thousand different covers on Spotify.
The list is brought from OfficialCharts.com
| Nr. | TITLE | ARTIST |
| 1 | ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU | MARIAH CAREY |
| 2 | LAST CHRISTMAS | WHAM! |
| 3 | FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK | POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL |
| 4 | MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE | SHAKIN’ STEVENS |
| 5 | DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS | BAND AID |
| 6 | IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE | MICHAEL BUBLE |
| 7 | STEP INTO CHRISTMAS | ELTON JOHN |
| 8 | SANTA TELL ME | ARIANA GRANDE |
| 9 | I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY | WIZZARD |
| 10 | ROCKIN’ AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE | BRENDA LEE |
| 11 | DRIVING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS | CHRIS REA |
| 12 | MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY | SLADE |
| 13 | ONE MORE SLEEP | LEONA LEWIS |
| 14 | UNDERNEATH THE TREE | KELLY CLARKSON |
| 15 | MISTLETOE | JUSTIN BIEBER |
| 16 | HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) | JOHN & YOKO/PLASTIC ONO BAND |
| 17 | IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR | ANDY WILLIAMS |
| 18 | WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME | PAUL MCCARTNEY |
| 19 | HOLLY JOLLY CHRISTMAS | MICHAEL BUBLE |
| 20 | CHRISTMAS LIGHTS | COLDPLAY |
| 21 | JINGLE BELL ROCK | BOBBY HELMS |
| 22 | WHITE CHRISTMAS | BING CROSBY |
| 23 | SLEIGH RIDE | RONETTES |
| 24 | LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW | DEAN MARTIN |
| 25 | SANTA BABY | KYLIE MINOGUE |
| 26 | MARY’S BOY CHILD/OH MY LORD | BONEY M |
| 27 | CHRISTMAS (BABY PLEASE COME HOME) | DARLENE LOVE |
| 28 | LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS | MUD |
| 29 | 2000 MILES | PRETENDERS |
| 30 | STOP THE CAVALRY | JONA LEWIE |
| 31 | SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN | MICHAEL JACKSON & JACKSON FIVE |
| 32 | HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS | SAM SMITH |
| 33 | LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW | FRANK SINATRA |
| 34 | BLUE CHRISTMAS | ELVIS PRESLEY |
| 35 | FELIZ NAVIDAD | JOSE FELICIANO |
| 36 | THE CHRISTMAS SONG | NAT KING COLE |
| 37 | BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE | IDINA MENZEL FT MICHAEL BUBLE |
| 38 | CHRISTMAS TIME (DON’T LET THE BELLS END) | DARKNESS |
| 39 | SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN | MICHAEL BUBLE |
| 40 | SANTA’S COMING FOR US | SIA |
Sources:
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-most-streamed-christmas-songs__31778/
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-most-covered-christmas-songs-ever/