There’s a 2022 article, The Most Streamed Christmas Songs on Spotify:
- All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey (1) – I continue to find her proclamation and trademark claim that she’s the Queen of Christmas gagworthy. As this article notes, Elizabeth Chan “said that Christmas is not something that a person can claim ownership or a title over. ‘That’s just not the right thing to do. Christmas is for everyone. It’s meant to be shared; it’s not meant to be owned.”
- Last Christmas by Wham! (7)
- Santa Tell Me by Ariana Grande (9)
- It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas by Michael Bublé (6)
- Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee (2); also #9 on the 1955-2004 list
- Jingle Bell Rock by Bobby Helms (3); also #2 on the 1955-2004 list
- It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year by Andy Williams (5); I associate this more with a series of back-to-school ads
- Mistletoe by Justin Bieber
- Snowman by Sia
- Do They Know It’s Christmas? – 1984 Version by Band Aid; also #2 on the 1955-2004 list. Well-meaning but terrible song.
I’ll admit that I’d never heard the Grande, Bieber, or Sia songs before.
Interestingly, there was a 2017 roster that had some overlap. (The parenthetical numbers were their 2017 rankings.)
The songs falling out of the Top Ten
4. White Christmas — Bing Crosby, John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra, Ken Darby Singers
8. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) — Nat King Cole
10. Feliz Navidad — Jose Feliciano
Other songs
Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth – Bing Crosby and David Bowie. As I’ve mentioned, Bing Crosby died of a heart attack on October 14, 1977. The TV special Bing Crosby’s Merrie Olde Christmas, on which this appeared, was recorded on September 11 of that year but didn’t air until November 30. I watched it because Bing Crosby has Ziggy Stardust and Twiggy on his show? Here’s the version with the intro.
12 Gifts of Christmas – Allan Sherman. When I was a kid, this was uproariously funny.
Take Off – Bob and Doug McKenzie with Geddy Lee of Rush
12 Days Of Christmas – Bob and Doug McKenzie. Yes, I have the album, The Great White North, on vinyl.
Christmas Wrapping – The Waitresses. I have this on an EP.
Fairytale of New York -The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl. The Pogues’ Shane MaGowan died recently. “Rob Tannenbaum (a journalist with a very appropriate name for this purpose) published a fascinating piece about the making of the song and the push to send it to the top of the charts in the United Kingdom.”
And here’s some Stax, which, of course, I have.
All I Want For Christmas Is You – Carla Thomas.
Gee Whiz It’s Christmas – Carla Thomas.
Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday – William Bell. This went #33 RB in 1968
The Mistletoe And Me – Isaac Hayes.
Jingle Bells (James Lord Pierpont) – Booker T. and The MG’s
Winter Snow (Isaac Hayes) – Booker T. and The MG’s