News - 15/12/2014

The Biggest Christmas Tracks on Spotify - Mariah Carey Reigns Supreme

The Biggest Christmas Tracks on Spotify - Mariah Carey Reigns Supreme

 

Ever wondered who would top the list of most played Christmas tracks on Spotify? In this completely empyrical Chart, that does not by any means attempt to be conclusive, we've found out for you. 

Whilst the top of the list is not particularly surprising, Mariah Carey after all has been The Queen of Christmas for many years and Wham's "Last Christmas" is an office party evergreen, it's nice to see that the "oldies" are still doing very well, with Bing Crosby leading the pack with over 20 million plays. 

"White Christmas" actually revealed a bit of a bug in Spotify's metadata, with Bing Crosby's and Ella Fitzgerald's versions both showing the same play count, though on closer inspection it looks like Spotify counted Ella's version as Bing's...

Further down the list, the Jackson 5 and Bruce Springsteen fight it out as their versions of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" are only a few hundred thousand plays apart. 

And what about Spotify's Playlists? After all let's be honest: most of us rely on them to get us through the Holidays. Spotify's own "Christmas Pop" has the edge with 187,684 followers, Universal Music's Digster playlist "Christmas Classics: Old & New" follows suit with 124,215 followers whist Filter UK's "Christmas Hits" has 91,833 followers.


1. Mariah Carey - “All I Want for Christmas is You” - 43,046,567 Plays

2. Wham! - “Last Christmas” - 37,893,153 Plays 

3. Michael Buble’ - “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” - 27,507,241 Plays

4. Bing Crosby - “White Christmas” - 20,205,836 Plays 

5. Michael Buble’ - “All I want for Christmas Is You” - 19,541,956 Plays 

6. Band Aid - “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” - 16,883,486 Plays

7. Chris Rea – “Driving Home for Christmas” – 15,450,009 Plays

8. Andy Williams - “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” - 15,299,793 Plays

9. Elvis Presley - “Blue Christmas”  - 14,685,098 Plays

10. Frank Sinatra – “Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!” – 12,859,312 Plays

11. Brenda Lee - “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree” - 12,440,018 Plays

12. Jose Feliciano - “Feliz Navidad” - 12,409,391 Plays

13. Nat King Cole – “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)” - 10,476,980 Plays 

14. Dean Martin - “Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!” - 9.898,507 Plays

15. Bobby Helms – “Jingle Bell Rock” - 9.441.059 Plays 

16. Jackson 5 – “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” - 7,968,031 Plays

17. Bruce Springsteen - “Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town” - 7,226,582 Plays 

18. Elton John - “Step Into Christmas” 6,120,720 Plays

19. Burl Ives - “A Holly Jolly Christmas” 5,215,032 Plays

20. Destiny’s Child - “8 Days of Christmas” - 3,541,955 Plays
 
(Andrea Leonelli)

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