"White Christmas" is actually the best-selling physical single of all time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records? Just counting Crosby's version, the song has sold over 50 million copies worldwide. Including other artists' covers, there are over 100 million copies.

While Andy Williams is known for his holiday hit "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year," his record company insisted on his cover of "White Christmas" being the album's single.

The song "Feliz Navidad" actually came out in 1970. "Feliz Navidad" is one of the most-downloaded and most-aired Christmas songs of all time, but it only came to prominence in 1998. For its first 20+ years, it remained a fairly niche track.

Dan Fogelberg's "Same Old Lang Syne" has been contested as being either a Christmas song (based on the lyrics) or a New Year's song (based on the title). However, it actually peaked in popularity in late February 1981.

The top Christmas song every year since 1958

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Holiday Digital Song Sales and Holiday 100 (2010-2022)

2010 saw one more big change in how Christmas music was charted. Billboard introduced both the Holiday 100, which allowed for a broader breakdown of popular Christmas songs, and the Holiday Digital Song Sales list, which tracked online purchases. By now, the time for Christmas music started as early as October, following the trends in retail and television programming.

2010: Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 1995

2011: Justin Bieber, "Mistletoe," 2011

2012: Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 1995

2013: Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 1995

2014: Frozen, "Do You Want To Build A Snowman?," 2013

2015: Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 1995

2016: Pentatonix, "Hallelujah," 2016

2017: Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 1995

2018: Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 1995

2019: Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 1995

2020: Pentatonix, "Hallelujah," 2016
Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 1995
Brenda Lee, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree," 1958

2021: Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 1995

2022: Mariah Carey, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 1995

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