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The undisputed dominator is Mariah Carey. All I want for Christmas is you conquers the top of the ranking of the most listened to Christmas songs on Spotify in Italy and in the world. This year the great classic also peaked at # 1 best-selling / listened to singles in the United States, setting an all-time record as the only song to reach the top of the charts in three separate decades. Released in 1994, it allowed Mariah Carey to also achieve diamond certification for over 10 million copies in the United States of America
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From 1984, Wham’s Last Christmas is another great Christmas classic. It is second in Italy and in the world among the most listened to Christmas songs on Spotify. The success seems to increase year after year: in 2019 the official video was released in 4k format and in January 2021 the song reached the top of the British charts for the first time. In mass culture Last Christmas is so relevant that it has created Whamageddon, a game born on social media in which the winner is whoever manages not to listen to the song from 1 to 24 December
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Another permanent presence of Christmas is Michael Bublè. In 2011 the album “Christmas” was released which returns to the charts every year and is among the best sellers during the holidays. The first track of the disc is “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas”, written by the American composer Robert Meredith Willson and sung by numerous artists, it is in third place in the ranking of the most listened to Christmas songs in Italy and in the world. In Italy Michael Bublè is also present with “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” which occupies the ninth position.
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“Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! ” sung by Frank Sinatra with musical accompaniment by the B. Swanson Quartet. Written in 1945, the version of the Italian-American artist dates back to 1950 and in Italy it has conquered the fourth place in the ranking of the most listened to Christmas songs.
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In fourth place of the most listened to Christmas songs in the world stands the great classic “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms. The same piece reaches the fifth position in Italy. Many artists have sung this song but the original version of 1957 continues to be the most listened to by users.
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Fifth in the ranking of the most listened to songs in the world and tenth in Italy is “Rockin ‘Around the Christmas Tree” by Brenda Lee. Also in this case there are many covers of the song but the favorite is always the original version of the American singer. The song is also part of the soundtrack of the cult Christmas movie Mamma, I missed the plane.
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“Feliz Navidad” by José Feliciano conquers the sixth place in Italy among the most listened to Christmas songs. In 2010 the song was included in the Grammy Hall of Fame list which contains a selection of the most significant and important songs in American history. “Feliz Navidad” is a wish for a “Happy Christmas” and a “Happy New Year”, expressed in Spanish and English.
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Among the most recent songs to win a prominent place on the Christmas charts is Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me”. The song is in seventh place in Italy and sixth in the world among the most listened to Christmas songs on Spotify. Released in 2014, the video surpassed 240 million views.
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It does not appear in the top ten in Italy but Andy Williams and the song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is the seventh most listened to Christmas song in the world. Evergreen of the holidays, it was originally released in 1962.
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Another recent song that immediately received a great response is Sia’s “Snowman”. The song appears in eighth place both in Italy and in the world in the ranking of the most listened to Christmas songs. Released in 2017, it went viral three years later thanks to TikTok.
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In the chart of the most listened to Christmas songs there is also Justin Bieber with “Mistletoe”. The song conquers ninth place in the world and was released in 2011. The inspiration for the song came from listening to Mariah Carey’s Christmas songs.
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In tenth place in the list of the most listened to Christmas songs in the world is “Underneath the Tree” by Kelly Clarkson. Since its release in 2013 it has been referred to as a future evergreen Christmas hit and in some ways equal to cult songs such as Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”.
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