As ever, the 2024 festive season is seeing plenty of Christmas classics back in this Official Singles Chart – but a smattering of newer tracks are emerging, too.
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Magic Radio revealed the list yesterday (22 December) in a special programme celebrating all things Christmas.
Looking at the UK’s most-streamed Christmas songs, based on Official Charts Company data, the Top 3 is the holy trinity of classics: Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You lands at the top of the tree with 475 million streams to date, followed by Wham’s Last Christmas, on 457m, and Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl with 316m plays. All three are usually the first to return to the Official Chart each December, often competing for spots in the Christmas Chart Top 10.
Completing the Top 5 are two more old favourites, Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry Christmas Everyone in fourth 267m), and Brenda Lee’s Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree (258m).
The highest-placed modern Christmas song – that is, festive songs released since 2010 – goes to Michael Bublé’s It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas. The 2011 take on the classic track comes in close behind Brenda at Number 6 with 257m plays.
Ariana Grande also has a big modern festive hit, with sparkly 2014 single Santa Tell Me landing as the UK’s eighth most-streamed Christmas track with 232m streams.
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Other modern festive songs holding their own against the classics include Kelly Clarkson’s Underneath The Tree in 11th place (197m), Leona Lewis’ One More Sleep in 15th place (170m), and Justin Bieber’s Mistletoe in 19th (153m).
You can listen back to Magic Radio’s countdown of the Official Top 40 now on the Rayo app.
