These tunes will have you Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree — Spotify’s Top 10 list of the most-streamed holiday tracks of all time.
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is No. 1, and has been building momentum around the world since the start of the season – seeing a 860% increase in global streams since Nov. 1.
“It’s resonating with new audiences too. In fact, it’s one of Gen Z’s top 3-streamed holiday tracks this year,” a Spotify rep said.
The yuletide love song, off the Long Island singer’s 1994 album, “Merry Christmas,” earlier this month became the first holiday song ever to break 2 billion streams.
“And that’s what started it. My goal was to do something timeless, so it didn’t feel like the ’90s, which is when I wrote it.”
Carey has earned more than $60 million from the song in streams alone.
“Last Christmas” by the British pop duo Wham! landed in second place. The 1984 pop classic was penned by George Michael in his childhood bedroom. He died on Christmas Day in 2016 at 53.
“For the song to achieve its current chart placing … George would have been utterly delighted, as I am,” his musical partner, Andrew Ridgeley, told Billboard.
The “Wicked” star revealed that her scantily clad idea for its music video was thankfully scrapped.
“The original video, I was in weird Christmas lingerie and I was hitting Santa with a cane pole. That was something that I was really insistent on. I was like, ‘That is the right vibe for this song,’” she dished in an interview with Spotify.
“The label was like, ‘Hey, honey, I don’t think we can use this.’ I’m glad I was reeled in that time.”
“I never thought in my life that a Christmas song would be my legacy. But I’ll take it,” the 80-year-old told the Associated Press.
Rounding out the Top 10 are: “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 José Feliciano.
