Christmas Songs of 2023

This holiday season, CHFI All-Christmas Radio brought to me...

  • 38

    days of joy

    Christmas music started playing on Monday, Nov 20 at 8:34:12 AM EST

  • 354

    songs each day

    And at least as many ads

  • 13,564

    songs played

    That's a lot of joy to the world

  • 275

    unique songs

    A unique song is a version of a song by a specific artist

  • 156

    artists singing

    On an average day, about half of these artists get play time

  • 135

    different tunes

    Many artists cover the same song - this is a measure of unique melodies

Explore the data by day, starting with Monday, Dec 25

Top Christmas Songs

Here are the songs with the most plays so far this year. Many songs have multiple versions by different artists. The most played artist is shown and where there are more artists with plays, we indicate this with +2 more.

Song Plays
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1

It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas

Bing Crosby + 6 more Hide

616
2

Winter Wonderland

Eurythmics + 11 more Hide

474
3

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Andy Williams + 4 more Hide

443
4

Let It Snow

Dean Martin + 5 more Hide

434
5

Jingle Bell Rock

Bobby Helms + 5 more Hide

429

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Top Artists

This Christmas season's top played artists are shown below along with the number of different songs they sang so far this year. Michael Bublé, wow.

Artist Plays
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1

Michael Bublé

11 songs Hide

649
2

Andy Williams

4 songs Hide

624
3

Mariah Carey

4 songs Hide

620
4

Bing Crosby

4 songs Hide

597
5

Gene Autry

3 songs Hide

362

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Top Unique Song Versions

The top songs tend to have versions from many different artists. Here are the top unique song versions of the season. The percentage given is the percent of the plays that this version makes up of all plays of that tune.

Song Plays
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1

Rocking Around the Christmas Tree

Brenda Lee

317
2

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Gene Autry

317
3

A Holly Jolly Christmas

Burl Ives

316
4

Feliz Navidad

José Feliciano

314
5

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Andy Williams

311

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Deep Cuts

Some Christmas songs are as rare as a perfect snowflake . The following songs were only played once all season so far! Oh, what fun!

Song Plays
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Deck The Halls

Percy Faith

1

Winter Wonderland

Engelbert Humperdinck

1

Dominick the Donkey

Lou Monte

1

A Christmas to Remember

Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton

1

I'll Be Home for Christmas

Frank Sinatra

1

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