These tunes will make you want to rock around the Christmas tree – Spotify’s top 10 list of most streamed holiday tracks of all time.
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is No. 1, and has been gaining momentum worldwide since the start of the season – seeing an 860% increase in global streams since November 1.
“It is also appealing to new audiences. In fact, it’s one of Gen Z’s top 3-streamed holiday tracks this year,” said a Spotify representative.
The yuletide love song from the Long Island singer’s 1994 album, “Merry Christmas,” became the first holiday song of all time earlier this month. 2 billion streams,
“I was working on it alone… on this little Casio keyboard and writing words and thinking, ‘What do I think about at Christmas?’ What do I like? What do I dream about? Carey told ABC News About the inspiration behind the song.
“And that’s where it started. My goal was to do something timeless, so it didn’t feel like the 90s when I wrote it.”
Carrie has grossed over $60 million By singing alone in the streams.
“Last Christmas” by British pop duo Wham! Came in second place. The 1984 pop classic was written by George Michael in his childhood bedroom. He died on Christmas Day in 2016 at the age of 53.
“For the song to reach its current chart position… George would have been absolutely delighted, as am I,” said his musical partner Andrew Ridgeley. told billboard,
Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me”, released in 2014, took third place.
The ‘Wicked’ star revealed that her idea to wear less clothing for its music video was thankfully shot down.
“In the original video, I was in weird Christmas lingerie and I was hitting Santa with a cane. This was something I was really pushing for. I was like, ‘This is the right vibe for this song,'” He dined in an interview with Spotify,
“The label was like, ‘Oh, honey, I don’t think we can use this.’ I’m glad I was in shock at that time.”
In fourth place is Brenda Lee’s oldie-but-goodie “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, recorded in 1957 when Lee was only 13 years old.
“I never thought in my life that a Christmas song would become my legacy. But I will take it,” said the 80-year-old told the Associated Press.
“It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas”, written by Michael Bublé, is at number five, a tribute to Perry Como’s 1951 hit.
The top 10 included: “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms; “Snowman” by Sia; “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Andy Williams; “Mistletoe” by Justin Bieber, and “Feliz Navidad” by Jose Feliciano.
