Holiday 100 - 2018

[Gary]

Holiday 100 Chart Returns, Ruled by Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'

12/5/2018 by Gary Trust


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Mariah Carey performs at the 81st Annual Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Pre-Tape at Rockefeller Center on Dec. 3, 2013 in New York City.
The seasonal survey finds Carey's 1994 classic at its familiar spot on top.

The Holiday 100 makes its annual sleigh ride back to Billboard's charts menu, ranking the top seasonal songs of all eras via the same formula used for the Billboard Hot 100, blending streaming, airplay and sales data.

Continuing a modern tradition, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" leads the Holiday 100, for a 31st of the chart's 36 total frames since the list launched in 2011. The only other No. 1s: Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe," for a week in the 2011-12 holiday season; Pentatonix's "Little Drummer Boy" (one, 2013-14) and "Mary, Did You Know?" (two, 2014-15); and Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me" (one, 2014-15).

Carey's 1994 carol crowns all three of the Holiday 100's component charts: Holiday Airplay (27.5 million audience impressions, up 19 percent, in the tracking week, according to Nielsen Music); Holiday Streaming Songs (22 million U.S. streams, up 53 percent); and Holiday Digital Song Sales (12,000 sold, up 40 percent).

Rounding out the Holiday 100's top five is a quartet of multi-generational favorites: Andy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (No. 2); Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (No. 3); Burl Ives' "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (No. 4); and Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" (No. 5).

The second-youngest song in the Holiday 100's top 10? Wham!'s 1984 chestnut "Last Christmas" (No. 7).

Among songs released this year, Katy Perry's Amazon-exclusive "Cozy Little Christmas" and John Legend's "What Christmas Means to Me," featuring Stevie Wonder, decorate the Holiday 100 for the first time, at Nos. 43 and 44, respectively.

[Gary]

Holiday 100


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 36 #1 31 wks All I Want For Christmas Is You , Mariah Carey 1
2 3 3 36 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year , Andy Williams 2
3 2 2 36 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree , Brenda Lee 2
4 5 5 36 A Holly Jolly Christmas , Burl Ives 4
5 8 7 36 Jingle Bell Rock , Bobby Helms 2
6 4 4 36 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) , Nat King Cole 2
7 6 6 36 Last Christmas , Wham! 5
8 9 8 35 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow , Dean Martin 7
9 10 13 36 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Gene Autry 8
10 7 9 36 Feliz Navidad , Jose Feliciano 3
11 11 12 36 White Christmas , Bing Crosby 5
12 21 18 34 Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) , Gene Autry 12
13 17 17 31 Sleigh Ride , The Ronettes 13
14 19 31 36 Blue Christmas , Elvis Presley 12
15 23 22 36 Wonderful Christmastime , Paul McCartney 15
16 13 10 36 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Michael Buble 10
17 20 19 36 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) , John Lennon & Yoko Ono 9
18 33 35 35 Do They Know It's Christmas? , Band-Aid 14
19 56 61 17 (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays , Perry Como 19
20 38 42 36 Please Come Home For Christmas , Eagles 18
21 12 11 11 Hallelujah , Pentatonix 2
22 24 24 26 Underneath The Tree , Kelly Clarkson 8
23 29 26 36 Santa Baby , Eartha Kitt 18
24 16 14 36 Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 4
25 32 29 16 It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas , Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters 25
26 14 15 36 You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch , Thurl Ravenscroft 14
27 35 36 35 Little Saint Nick , The Beach Boys 25
28 44 48 34 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Jackson 5 25
29 42 56 27 Jingle Bells , Frank Sinatra 29
30 45 44 36 Where Are You Christmas? , Faith Hill 15
31 37 39 31 Linus & Lucy , Vince Guaraldi Trio 17
32 30 33 36 Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season , Andy Williams 21
33 28 23 21 Santa Tell Me , Ariana Grande 1
34 27 27 36 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Bing Crosby 18
35 36 34 20 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Darlene Love 34
36 34 32 36 Christmas Canon , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
37 25 21 36 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Johnny Mathis 15
38 54 58 33 This Christmas , Donny Hathaway 25
39 67 71 32 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Michael Buble 30
40 18 20 36 Christmas Time Is Here , Vince Guaraldi Trio 17
41 22 25 31 Holly Jolly Christmas , Michael Buble 22
42 31 30 23 Run Rudolph Run , Chuck Berry 30
43 0 New 1 Cozy Little Christmas , Katy Perry 43
44 0 New 1 What Christmas Means To Me , John Legend Featuring Stevie Wonder 44
45 15 16 21 Mary, Did You Know? , Pentatonix 1
46 47 53 26 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus , Jackson 5 45
47 62 62 36 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Bruce Springsteen 16
48 55 50 28 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Burl Ives 29
49 81 72 9 Baby It's Cold Outside , Dean Martin 49
50 51 52 32 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Mariah Carey 20
51 46 41 36 Mistletoe , Justin Bieber 1
52 39 40 32 Frosty The Snowman , Jimmy Durante 33
53 48 46 26 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow , Frank Sinatra 45
54 26 28 27 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Frank Sinatra 20
55 0 New 1 Do You Hear What I Hear? , Andy Williams 55
56 0 Re-Entry 31 Sleigh Ride , Leroy Anderson 18
57 50 60 27 Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) , Elvis Presley 22
58 41 43 28 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Michael Buble 24
59 71 84 27 O Tannenbaum , Vince Guaraldi Trio 50
60 52 47 10 Carol Of The Bells , John Williams 47
61 40 38 26 White Christmas , The Drifters 30
62 0 New 1 O Come All Ye Faithful , Nat King Cole 62
63 80 65 28 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town , Michael Buble 35
64 100 97 26 Carol Of The Bells , David Foster 33
65 0 New 1 Deck The Halls , Nat King Cole 65
66 69 75 25 Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays , 'N Sync 37
67 0 Re-Entry 2 Christmas Wrapping , The Waitresses 67
68 0 Re-Entry 12 I'll Be Home For Christmas , Michael Buble 44
69 0 New 1 The Little Drummer Boy , Bing Crosby 69
70 72 70 23 Do You Hear What I Hear? , Bing Crosby 38
71 0 New 1 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) , Mariah Carey 71
72 0 Re-Entry 5 Up On The Housetop , Gene Autry 72
73 68 57 21 Baby It's Cold Outside , Idina Menzel Duet With Michael Buble 14
74 92 92 9 Baby, It's Cold Outside , Brett Eldredge Featuring Meghan Trainor 67
75 0 New 1 The Twelve Days Of Christmas , Ray Conniff 75
76 98 – 2 Silver Bells , Dean Martin 76
77 63 76 30 I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas , Gayla Peevey 25
78 0 New 1 Silver Bells , Andy Williams 78
79 87 91 11 Hawaiian Christmas Song (Mele Kalikmaka) , Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters 61
80 0 New 1 All I Want For Christmas Is You (Extra Festive) , Mariah Carey 80
81 57 67 36 Merry Christmas Darling , Carpenters 24
82 0 Re-Entry 20 Home For The Holidays , Carpenters 36
83 43 37 5 You Make It Feel Like Christmas , Gwen Stefani Featuring Blake Shelton 37
84 0 New 1 The First Noel , Andy Williams 84
85 82 68 33 Jingle Bell Rock , Daryl Hall John Oates 24
86 90 98 11 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Sam Smith 9
87 99 96 15 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town , Frank Sinatra With Cyndi Lauper 46
88 0 Re-Entry 5 Believe , Josh Groban 88
89 53 59 20 Jingle Bells , Michael Buble Featuring The Puppini Sisters 37
90 91 93 35 The Little Drummer Boy , The Harry Simeone Chorale 25
91 89 85 21 That's Christmas To Me , Pentatonix 25
92 0 New 1 Winter Wonderland , Darlene Love 92
93 77 80 8 Cold December Night , Michael Buble 41
94 0 Re-Entry 28 The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) , David Seville & The Chipmunks 26
95 0 New 1 All Through The Night , Perry Como 95
96 0 Re-Entry 11 O Holy Night , Josh Groban 26
97 0 Re-Entry 5 Ring Christmas Bells , Ray Conniff And The Ray Conniff Singers 60
98 73 64 8 Sleigh Ride , Johnny Mathis 48
99 0 Re-Entry 7 Someday At Christmas , Stevie Wonder 75
100 66 74 36 All I Want For Christmas Is You , Michael Buble 13

[rimetm]

It's not normal for them to treat the last January chart as a last week, right? Can't help but feel like that was a mistake they overlooked because they were busy publishing the year-end stuff.

[Gary]

1-3-18 was the last chart prior to this one.

[jebsib]

Gary on Billboard.biz, where do you find the Holiday 100?
I can't find it under Additional Charts…?

[Gary]

You are correct - it is not listed

You can find it using the chart search table

[jebsib]

Odd that a chart so prominently referred to is only available on Billbpoard.com - and not one the 100s of charts available at .biz.

[Gary]

Dec 5, 2018 17:21:51 GMT -5 jebsib said:

Odd that a chart so prominently referred to is only available on Billbpoard.com - and not one the 100s of charts available at .biz.

Got mine from .biz

[jebsib]

Ah yes. The wonderful search feature.
Still weird they bury this chart.

[jenglisbe]

With Mariah's "Hark!" debuting, 6 of the Merry Christmas songs have charted on the Holiday 100. That's impressive for an album that was over 15 years old when this chart began. It's an odd debut, though, because it's behind O Holy Night and Santa Claus is Coming to Town at iTunes and Spotify. How did it pass them to get on this chart when they are not? Airplay maybe.

Interesting that Mariah's "Extra Festive" version of her classic debuted. It's odd it would suddenly debut after 8 years.

[HolidayGuy]

Keep in mind that the charts weigh some streams differently, so that also could come into play.

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

Another chart that has some Holiday songs might appear or not in the Holiday 100 is the AC chart. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by John Legend Featuring Esperanza Spalding is #1 there but not charting in the Holiday 100. Katy Perry's Cozy Little Christmas is #2 in the AC chart and #43 in the Holiday 100. Another song that isn't charting in the Holiday 100, is #7 AC chart Pentatonix's What Christmas Means To Me.

[chartfreak]

Heard the new chart is out?

[jenglisbe]

Dec 6, 2018 17:07:01 GMT -5 Baby Yoda Hot100Fan said:

Another chart that has some Holiday songs might appear or not in the Holiday 100 is the AC chart. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas by John Legend Featuring Esperanza Spalding is #1 there but not charting in the Holiday 100. Katy Perry's Cozy Little Christmas is #2 in the AC chart and #43 in the Holiday 100. Another song that isn't charting in the Holiday 100, is #7 AC chart Pentatonix's What Christmas Means To Me.

Well, AC airplay during the holidays is so insignificant that alone can't get them on the chart. I'm surprised Perry's song isn't selling better, though.

Funnily enough, John Legend's #1 AC hit isn't even on the Holiday 100, but his "What Christmas Means to Me" is #48.

[Gary]

Week 2 of 5

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 37 #1 32 wks All I Want For Christmas Is You , Mariah Carey 1
2 2 3 37 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year , Andy Williams 2
3 3 2 37 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree , Brenda Lee 2
4 4 5 37 A Holly Jolly Christmas , Burl Ives 4
5 5 8 37 Jingle Bell Rock , Bobby Helms 2
6 6 4 37 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) , Nat King Cole 2
7 7 6 37 Last Christmas , Wham! 5
8 9 10 37 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Gene Autry 8
9 8 9 36 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow , Dean Martin 7
10 13 17 32 Sleigh Ride , The Ronettes 10
11 12 21 35 Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) , Gene Autry 11
12 10 7 37 Feliz Navidad , Jose Feliciano 3
13 11 11 37 White Christmas , Bing Crosby 5
14 14 19 37 Blue Christmas , Elvis Presley 12
15 15 23 37 Wonderful Christmastime , Paul McCartney 15
16 19 56 18 (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays , Perry Como 16
17 16 13 37 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Michael Buble 10
18 22 24 27 Underneath The Tree , Kelly Clarkson 8
19 25 32 17 It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas , Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters 19
20 17 20 37 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) , John Lennon & Yoko Ono 9
21 20 38 37 Please Come Home For Christmas , Eagles 18
22 18 33 36 Do They Know It's Christmas? , Band-Aid 14
23 21 12 12 Hallelujah , Pentatonix 2
24 29 42 28 Jingle Bells , Frank Sinatra 24
25 23 29 37 Santa Baby , Eartha Kitt 18
26 26 14 37 You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch , Thurl Ravenscroft 14
27 24 16 37 Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 4
28 33 28 22 Santa Tell Me , Ariana Grande 1
29 27 35 36 Little Saint Nick , The Beach Boys 25
30 28 44 35 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Jackson 5 25
31 49 81 10 Baby It's Cold Outside , Dean Martin 31
32 35 36 21 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Darlene Love 32
33 39 67 33 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Michael Buble 30
34 34 27 37 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Bing Crosby 18
35 31 37 32 Linus & Lucy , Vince Guaraldi Trio 17
36 30 45 37 Where Are You Christmas? , Faith Hill 15
37 42 31 24 Run Rudolph Run , Chuck Berry 30
38 32 30 37 Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season , Andy Williams 21
39 36 34 37 Christmas Canon , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
40 38 54 34 This Christmas , Donny Hathaway 25
41 40 18 37 Christmas Time Is Here , Vince Guaraldi Trio 17
42 37 25 37 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Johnny Mathis 15
43 41 22 32 Holly Jolly Christmas , Michael Buble 22
44 45 15 22 Mary, Did You Know? , Pentatonix 1
45 43 – 2 Cozy Little Christmas , Katy Perry 43
46 51 46 37 Mistletoe , Justin Bieber 1
47 52 39 33 Frosty The Snowman , Jimmy Durante 33
48 44 – 2 What Christmas Means To Me , John Legend Featuring Stevie Wonder 44
49 50 51 33 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Mariah Carey 20
50 59 71 28 O Tannenbaum , Vince Guaraldi Trio 50
51 54 26 28 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Frank Sinatra 20
52 46 47 27 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus , Jackson 5 45
53 48 55 29 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Burl Ives 29
54 47 62 37 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Bruce Springsteen 16
55 53 48 27 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow , Frank Sinatra 45
56 66 69 26 Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays , 'N Sync 37
57 57 50 28 Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) , Elvis Presley 22
58 62 – 2 O Come All Ye Faithful , Nat King Cole 58
59 58 41 29 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Michael Buble 24
60 55 – 2 Do You Hear What I Hear? , Andy Williams 55
61 60 52 11 Carol Of The Bells , John Williams 47
62 78 – 2 Silver Bells , Andy Williams 62
63 61 40 27 White Christmas , The Drifters 30
64 63 80 29 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town , Michael Buble 35
65 81 57 37 Merry Christmas Darling , Carpenters 24
66 73 68 22 Baby It's Cold Outside , Idina Menzel Duet With Michael Buble 14
67 69 – 2 The Little Drummer Boy , Bing Crosby 67
68 74 92 10 Baby, It's Cold Outside , Brett Eldredge Featuring Meghan Trainor 67
69 71 – 2 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) , Mariah Carey 69
70 65 – 2 Deck The Halls , Nat King Cole 65
71 92 – 2 Winter Wonderland , Darlene Love 71
72 56 – 32 Sleigh Ride , Leroy Anderson 18
73 72 – 6 Up On The Housetop , Gene Autry 72
74 84 – 2 The First Noel , Andy Williams 74
75 75 – 2 The Twelve Days Of Christmas , Ray Conniff 75
76 96 – 12 O Holy Night , Josh Groban 26
77 83 43 6 You Make It Feel Like Christmas , Gwen Stefani Featuring Blake Shelton 37
78 79 87 12 Hawaiian Christmas Song (Mele Kalikmaka) , Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters 61
79 68 – 13 I'll Be Home For Christmas , Michael Buble 44
80 0 Re-Entry 3 I'll Be Home For Christmas , Bing Crosby 80
81 77 63 31 I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas , Gayla Peevey 25
82 64 100 27 Carol Of The Bells , David Foster 33
83 90 91 36 The Little Drummer Boy , The Harry Simeone Chorale 25
84 70 72 24 Do You Hear What I Hear? , Bing Crosby 38
85 95 – 2 All Through The Night , Perry Como 85
86 76 98 3 Silver Bells , Dean Martin 76
87 89 53 21 Jingle Bells , Michael Buble Featuring The Puppini Sisters 37
88 67 – 3 Christmas Wrapping , The Waitresses 67
89 94 – 29 The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) , David Seville & The Chipmunks 26
90 86 90 12 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Sam Smith 9
91 93 77 9 Cold December Night , Michael Buble 41
92 88 – 6 Believe , Josh Groban 88
93 99 – 8 Someday At Christmas , Stevie Wonder 75
94 0 Re-Entry 21 Little Drummer Boy , Pentatonix 1
95 0 Re-Entry 26 Silent Night , The Temptations 27
96 91 89 22 That's Christmas To Me , Pentatonix 25
97 80 – 2 All I Want For Christmas Is You (Extra Festive) , Mariah Carey 80
98 0 New 1 The Christmas Waltz , Frank Sinatra 98
99 98 73 9 Sleigh Ride , Johnny Mathis 48
100 0 Re-Entry 13 O Holy Night , Mariah Carey 70

[jenglisbe]

1 1 1 37 #1 32 wks All I Want For Christmas Is You , Mariah Carey 1
49 50 51 33 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Mariah Carey 20
69 71 – 2 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) , Mariah Carey 69
100 0 Re-Entry 13 O Holy Night , Mariah Carey 70

36 30 45 37 Where Are You Christmas? , Faith Hill 15
97 80 – 2 All I Want For Christmas Is You (Extra Festive) , Mariah Carey 80

Mariah with 4 songs from her 24 year-old album charting. Two other songs from that album - Joy to the World and Santa Claus is Coming to Town - have also charted on here. She then has another song she co-wrote charting, as well as another version of her main hit charting. Who else?!?!

[Gary]

'Santa Baby' at 65: Songwriter Philip Springer on the History of His Christmas Classic

News

By Rob LeDonne | December 13, 2018 5:03 PM EST
Eartha Kitt

When Lindsey Stirling was putting together her debut holiday album Warmer in the Winter, she was trying to cover all of her bases. “I wanted there to be lots of different flavors of Christmas music,” she explains. “I had some that are big band style and I hired real big band musicians to play them. Other songs have full orchestration, like the more spiritual tracks. And, of course, I wanted to throw in a little bit of sassy Christmas flavor too.” For the latter category, the choice of what to cover was clear. “There’s no song that does it like ‘Santa Baby.’ It’s a little sassy, it has a little edge to it. It’s a harmless, classic, sexy Christmas song.”

Stirling isn’t alone in her love of “Santa Baby,” which is celebrating its 65th anniversary in 2018. A Christmas standard originally recorded by Eartha Kitt in 1953, the track has become one of the most recognizable non-traditional yuletide recordings in the genre. While Kitt’s original is currently charting on both Billboard’s 2018 Holiday Digital and Holiday Streaming charts (peaking at No. 11 and No. 6 so far this year), the song has spawned a plethora of covers by the biggest female names in music, whether pop interpretations from Madonna, Ariana Grande, Kylie Minogue or Gwen Stefani or a country rendition courtesy Taylor Swift. Michael Buble also covered it for his hit 2011 album Christmas, personalizing the lyrics by asking for Canucks tickets and a Mercedes. Even The Muppets' Miss Piggy has a place in “Santa Baby” lore, with her version naturally including the line “Think of all the froggies I haven’t kissed.”

It’s a dizzying number of artists for even the song’s writer, Phil Springer. “I can’t even keep track,” the now 92-year-old Springer told Billboard from his Los Angeles-area home. “When we first wrote it, I never had any idea that it’d have this kind of popularity.” In fact, when Springer initially submitted his draft of “Santa Baby,” co-written with Joan Javits, he apologized. “I said it wasn’t one of my greatest melodies, but it was the best I could do. The publisher said, ‘Phil, it’s great.’ I had no idea. Only time has proven to me they were right.”

How “Santa Baby” became a Christmas classic involves multiple generations of flukes, a variety of music’s major players and a dash of controversy that all stemmed from a chance meeting back in 1950. At the time, Springer had a minor hit under his belt thanks to the success of “Teasin’” courtesy big band singer Connie Haynes, and was playing piano in the resort community of Nantucket, Massachusetts when an older couple approached him. “They knew I wrote ‘Teasin'' so they wanted advice for their daughter Joan who wanted to be a lyric writer. They said, ‘Would you recommend that as a career for someone who went to Vassar and has no connection to the pop industry?'" Springer replied he thought it’d be best for her to stay out of the music industry (“I said, ‘If your daughter goes to the Brill Building and starts writing songs, she’s going to be chased around 100 desks by producers'") and promptly forgot about Joan.

Fast forward three years later. “I was looking for a new lyric writer, so I asked someone who had a lot of contacts and they suggested Joan Javits, the exact person who I suggested stay out of the industry!” Intrigued to hear her name again, Springer phoned Javits, but she brushed him off. “She said she was too busy. I asked her if she had ever written a hit and she said hadn’t, so I said, ‘l have. Are you going to tell me that you refuse to write songs with a songwriter who’s done more than you in the business?’” With that, Javits met up at Springer’s Manhattan apartment on East 61st Street that night and the two immediately hit it off, penning three songs.

Two weeks later, Javits caught wind from RCA Victor Records’ Charles Gerhardt that the then-Broadway star Eartha Kitt was looking to record a Christmas song. Luckily, Javits had a new collaborator to bounce ideas off of. “We were all sitting in the office at the Brill Building and we were wondering what kind of a song could we write for Eartha Kitt,” says Springer. “Suddenly, Joan jumped up and said ‘Santa Baby!’ and we all hit the ceiling. We knew that was right and that was how the song started. It just popped into her mind. We thought it was a wonderful title.” From there, to avoid the noise of the famed Brill Building (with a piano famously clanging in every office and competing music filling the hallways), Springer and Javits hopped in a cab back to his apartment. “Within 10 minutes I had written all of the music and Joan had penned a few of the lines.”

With both the concept and structure of the song in place, Springer brought the promising track back to Gerhardt who then put Javits and Springer back in a cab, this time to play for the then-head of Victor Records, Joe Carlton. “I don’t know if you know the word flipped, but he flipped (and knew it was going to be a hit).” After that, RCA Victor arranger Henry René worked on the track with Kitt; it was René who added its now instantly recognizable “Ba-booms,” and a classic was born.

Upon its release in 1953, “Santa Baby” became the breakout of the holiday season and the top selling Christmas song of the year, in part because of the chatter that swirled around it. “Quite a number of people were upset because it was the first sexy Christmas record,” remembers Springer of its tawdry lyrics during the prim-and-proper early '50s, with some stations going so far as to outright ban it from airplay. One such occasion of outrage is documented in the Nov. 28, 1953 issue of Billboard under the headline "Santa Baby Performance for Royalty Creates a Fuss":

“A royal hassle nearly broke out this week involving the King and Queen of Greece, thrush Eartha Kitt and the new Christmas tune ‘Santa Baby’... Some of the politicos (at a Civic banquet Kitt performed at) felt the song was too adult for royalty and made their feelings known before newspapermen who happened to be in attendance.”

By fall 1954, RCA Victor Records, looking to capitalize on the success of their yuletide breakout, released a variety of different versions of “Santa Baby,” all with different lyrics. According to Springer, the avalanche of cash-in tracks sullied the Kitt original and watered down the license in subsequent years. It wasn't until more than three decades later, in 1987, when the song would enjoy a second coming. “I remember someone at A&M Records called me and said there was a major star who wanted to record ‘Santa Baby,’ but she’s giving up her royalties to charity and will only record it if you do the same. I said, ‘Who’s the star?’ They said that they were not going to tell me until I answered yes or no. So, I thought for about eight seconds and said, ‘I will not take any royalties. Who’s the star?’ It was Madonna, and of course I fell down on the floor.” The exposure of the Madonna cover, released to benefit the Special Olympics, helped reintroduce it to a brand-new generation. “That was about the best news you can have. It began the revival of ‘Santa Baby’ to where it is now.”

Throughout his career, Springer’s written a multitude of other hit songs for the likes of Frank Sinatra and Aretha Franklin besides his yuletide hit, but “Santa Baby” is the cornerstone of his career. “It became a very important copyright after Madonna and every year hundreds of singers and shows want to use it,” says Springer who, with the help of his daughter Tamir, handles song licensing, clearing for covers and use in shows ranging from The Sopranos, The Simpsons, and Pose earlier this year. “It’s an amazing song and I never had any idea that it’d have this kind of popularity.”

With an iconic career under his belt, that’s not to say Springer, who at age 92 recently released the devotional track “Turn, Turn To Him,” is ready to call it a day just yet. “I feel the stuff I write still has standard potential even though the current market has no recognition of the golden age of songs. Regardless, I think I’m writing as good now as I did in the ‘50s. I’ve been very blessed to still be as active as I am.”

[Gary]

Holiday 100 - week 3 of 5


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 38 #1 33 wks All I Want For Christmas Is You , Mariah Carey 1
2 2 2 38 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year , Andy Williams 2
3 5 5 38 Jingle Bell Rock , Bobby Helms 2
4 3 3 38 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree , Brenda Lee 2
5 4 4 38 A Holly Jolly Christmas , Burl Ives 4
6 6 6 38 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) , Nat King Cole 2
7 8 9 38 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Gene Autry 7
8 7 7 38 Last Christmas , Wham! 5
9 9 8 37 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow , Dean Martin 7
10 11 12 36 Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) , Gene Autry 10
11 10 13 33 Sleigh Ride , The Ronettes 10
12 12 10 38 Feliz Navidad , Jose Feliciano 3
13 16 19 19 (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays , Perry Como 13
14 13 11 38 White Christmas , Bing Crosby 5
15 19 25 18 It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas , Perry Como & The Fontaine Sisters 15
16 14 14 38 Blue Christmas , Elvis Presley 12
17 31 49 11 Baby It's Cold Outside , Dean Martin 17
18 17 16 38 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Michael Buble 10
19 15 15 38 Wonderful Christmastime , Paul McCartney 15
20 18 22 28 Underneath The Tree , Kelly Clarkson 8
21 37 42 25 Run Rudolph Run , Chuck Berry 21
22 20 17 38 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) , John Lennon & Yoko Ono 9
23 21 20 38 Please Come Home For Christmas , Eagles 18
24 24 29 29 Jingle Bells , Frank Sinatra 24
25 32 35 22 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Darlene Love 25
26 26 26 38 You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch , Thurl Ravenscroft 14
27 34 34 38 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Bing Crosby 18
28 27 24 38 Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 4
29 28 33 23 Santa Tell Me , Ariana Grande 1
30 23 21 13 Hallelujah , Pentatonix 2
31 47 52 34 Frosty The Snowman , Jimmy Durante 31
32 33 39 34 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Michael Buble 30
33 50 59 29 O Tannenbaum , Vince Guaraldi Trio 33
34 22 18 37 Do They Know It's Christmas? , Band-Aid 14
35 38 32 38 Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season , Andy Williams 21
36 35 31 33 Linus & Lucy , Vince Guaraldi Trio 17
37 80 – 4 I'll Be Home For Christmas , Bing Crosby 37
38 42 37 38 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Johnny Mathis 15
39 39 36 38 Christmas Canon , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
40 25 23 38 Santa Baby , Eartha Kitt 18
41 41 40 38 Christmas Time Is Here , Vince Guaraldi Trio 17
42 44 45 23 Mary, Did You Know? , Pentatonix 1
43 29 27 37 Little Saint Nick , The Beach Boys 25
44 48 44 3 What Christmas Means To Me , John Legend Featuring Stevie Wonder 44
45 65 81 38 Merry Christmas Darling , Carpenters 24
46 43 41 33 Holly Jolly Christmas , Michael Buble 22
47 46 51 38 Mistletoe , Justin Bieber 1
48 45 43 3 Cozy Little Christmas , Katy Perry 43
49 51 54 29 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Frank Sinatra 20
50 49 50 34 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Mariah Carey 20
51 62 78 3 Silver Bells , Andy Williams 51
52 36 30 38 Where Are You Christmas? , Faith Hill 15
53 71 92 3 Winter Wonderland , Darlene Love 53
54 58 62 3 O Come All Ye Faithful , Nat King Cole 54
55 60 55 3 Do You Hear What I Hear? , Andy Williams 55
56 30 28 36 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Jackson 5 25
57 53 48 30 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Burl Ives 29
58 59 58 30 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Michael Buble 24
59 56 66 27 Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays , 'N Sync 37
60 0 New 1 The Christmas Song , Lauren Daigle 60
61 98 – 2 The Christmas Waltz , Frank Sinatra 61
62 61 60 12 Carol Of The Bells , John Williams 47
63 55 53 28 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow , Frank Sinatra 45
64 63 61 28 White Christmas , The Drifters 30
65 54 47 38 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Bruce Springsteen 16
66 57 57 29 Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) , Elvis Presley 22
67 52 46 28 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus , Jackson 5 45
68 67 69 3 The Little Drummer Boy , Bing Crosby 67
69 40 38 35 This Christmas , Donny Hathaway 25
70 70 65 3 Deck The Halls , Nat King Cole 65
71 74 84 3 The First Noel , Andy Williams 71
72 66 73 23 Baby It's Cold Outside , Idina Menzel Duet With Michael Buble 14
73 78 79 13 Hawaiian Christmas Song (Mele Kalikmaka) , Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters 61
74 77 83 7 You Make It Feel Like Christmas , Gwen Stefani Featuring Blake Shelton 37
75 75 75 3 The Twelve Days Of Christmas , Ray Conniff 75
76 64 63 30 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town , Michael Buble 35
77 76 96 13 O Holy Night , Josh Groban 26
78 85 95 3 All Through The Night , Perry Como 78
79 69 71 3 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) , Mariah Carey 69
80 97 80 3 All I Want For Christmas Is You (Extra Festive) , Mariah Carey 80
81 94 – 22 Little Drummer Boy , Pentatonix 1
82 73 72 7 Up On The Housetop , Gene Autry 72
83 86 76 4 Silver Bells , Dean Martin 76
84 68 74 11 Baby, It's Cold Outside , Brett Eldredge Featuring Meghan Trainor 67
85 0 New 1 Merry Christmas Baby , Otis Redding 85
86 72 56 33 Sleigh Ride , Leroy Anderson 18
87 82 64 28 Carol Of The Bells , David Foster 33
88 84 70 25 Do You Hear What I Hear? , Bing Crosby 38
89 83 90 37 The Little Drummer Boy , The Harry Simeone Chorale 25
90 81 77 32 I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas , Gayla Peevey 25
91 79 68 14 I'll Be Home For Christmas , Michael Buble 44
92 95 – 27 Silent Night , The Temptations 27
93 87 89 22 Jingle Bells , Michael Buble Featuring The Puppini Sisters 37
94 92 88 7 Believe , Josh Groban 88
95 93 99 9 Someday At Christmas , Stevie Wonder 75
96 100 – 14 O Holy Night , Mariah Carey 70
97 0 Re-Entry 24 Do You Hear What I Hear , Whitney Houston 35
98 0 Re-Entry 5 Step Into Christmas , Elton John 84
99 89 94 30 The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) , David Seville & The Chipmunks 26
100 0 New 1 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters 100

[Baby Yoda Hot100Fan]

^It's amazing how much notoriety 'Baby It's Cold Outside' continues to have due to the controversy regarding its lyrics ...

'Baby, It's Cold Outside' Heats Up On Charts After Lyrics Controversy

[Gary]

Dean Martin's 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' Hits Top 10 On Digital Song Sales Chart
News
By Gary Trust | December 18, 2018 10:59 AM EST


Dean Martin on the set of 'The Dean Martin Show' in 1967 in Los Angeles.
Martin Mills/Getty Images


Martin's version of the suddenly much-buzzed-about 1944 song surges by 70 percent in sales.
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" has come under fire of late, with some radio stations banning the holiday standard in light of the #MeToo movement and others defending and continuing to play it. Frank Loesser wrote the song in 1944, and its storyline of a male suitor who attempts to dissuade his object of affection from leaving for the chilly outdoors is being newly dissected.
Despite the controversy, or perhaps in part because of attention generated by it, a version of the song hits the top 10 of Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart for the first time. Dean Martin's take, recorded in 1959, is the chart's Greatest Gainer, soaring from No. 31 to No. 10 on the Dec. 22-dated list, up 70 percent to 11,000 downloads sold in the week ending Dec. 13, according to Nielsen Music. A week earlier, it returned to the chart with a 257 percent blast to 7,000 sold.

For a second consecutive week, Martin's cover is the second-best-selling holiday song, below Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (14,000, down 6 percent).

On the Holiday 100 chart, which ranks the top holiday songs of all eras via a blend of streaming, airplay and sales data, Martin's "Cold" jumps 31-17. Until a week ago, it had never ranked in the top 40 dating to the chart's 2011 inception. (Carey's "Christmas" continues to rule the Holiday 100 and becomes the highest-charting yuletide hit in 60 years on the Billboard Hot 100.)
Also on the Holiday 100 are two other versions of "Cold": Idina Menzel's 2014 duet with Michael Bublé, at No. 72 (up 8 percent in overall activity), and Brett Eldredge's 2016 take, featuring Meghan Trainor, at No. 84 (down 2 percent). Both gain in sales: the former by 5 percent to 3,000 and the latter by 17 percent to 2,000.

Martin's interpretation of "Cold" also surges by 35 percent to 11.1 million U.S. streams in the tracking week. Plus, it gains by 25 percent to 1.4 million in airplay audience (while his 2006 duet version with Martina McBride climbs by 26 percent to 3.2 million).

[rockgolf]

Dec 18, 2018 10:50:52 GMT -5 Gary said:

Holiday 100 - week 3 of 5


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
18 17 16 38 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Michael Buble 10
20 18 22 28 Underneath The Tree , Kelly Clarkson 8
29 28 33 23 Santa Tell Me , Ariana Grande 1
30 23 21 13 Hallelujah , Pentatonix 2

The above are the only songs in the top 30 from this millennium.
And two of them are covers of 20th century songs.

(PS: Since when is Hallelujah a carol?)

[chartfreak]

10 best versions of Santa Baby.

www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news/holiday/8490209/santa-baby-covers-best-versions-christmas-song?sessionid=qrGMCFQOxctXTFC8WNM-xgoxP7frcoJWQ9HKK0VMSmQ

[HolidayGuy]

IS Katy Perry's track is still an Amazon exclusive?

[chartfreak]

Dec 18, 2018 15:26:36 GMT -5 HolidayGuy said:

IS Katy Perry's track is still an Amazon exclusive?

Yes, more than likely, as you can't even stream it on Spotify.

[Gary]

Holiday 100
--- week 4 of 5


This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 39 #1 34 wks All I Want For Christmas Is You , Mariah Carey 1
2 2 2 39 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year , Andy Williams 2
3 4 3 39 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree , Brenda Lee 2
4 5 4 39 A Holly Jolly Christmas , Burl Ives 4
5 3 5 39 Jingle Bell Rock , Bobby Helms 2
6 6 6 39 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) , Nat King Cole 2
7 8 7 39 Last Christmas , Wham! 5
8 7 8 39 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Gene Autry 7
9 9 9 38 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow , Dean Martin 7
10 11 10 34 Sleigh Ride , The Ronettes 10
11 12 12 39 Feliz Navidad , Jose Feliciano 3
12 10 11 37 Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) , Gene Autry 10
13 13 16 20 (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays , Perry Como 13
14 15 19 19 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters 14
15 22 20 39 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) , John & Yoko/The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir 9
16 19 15 39 Wonderful Christmastime , Paul McCartney 15
17 14 13 39 White Christmas , Bing Crosby 5
18 25 32 23 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Darlene Love 18
19 20 18 29 Underneath The Tree , Kelly Clarkson 8
20 16 14 39 Blue Christmas , Elvis Presley 12
21 35 38 39 Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season , Andy Williams 21
22 17 31 12 Baby It's Cold Outside , Dean Martin 17
23 21 37 26 Run Rudolph Run , Chuck Berry 21
24 23 21 39 Please Come Home For Christmas , Eagles 18
25 24 24 30 Jingle Bells , Frank Sinatra 24
26 18 17 39 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Michael Buble 10
27 32 33 35 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Michael Buble 27
28 31 47 35 Frosty The Snowman , Jimmy Durante 28
29 28 27 39 Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 4
30 29 28 24 Santa Tell Me , Ariana Grande 1
31 37 80 5 I'll Be Home For Christmas , Bing Crosby 31
32 33 50 30 O Tannenbaum , Vince Guaraldi Trio 32
33 30 23 14 Hallelujah , Pentatonix 2
34 27 34 39 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Bing Crosby 18
35 48 45 4 Cozy Little Christmas , Katy Perry 35
36 34 22 38 Do They Know It's Christmas? , Band-Aid 14
37 26 26 39 You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch , Thurl Ravenscroft 14
38 41 41 39 Christmas Time Is Here , Vince Guaraldi Trio 17
39 36 35 34 Linus & Lucy , Vince Guaraldi Trio 17
40 38 42 39 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Johnny Mathis 15
41 39 39 39 Christmas Canon , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
42 43 29 38 Little Saint Nick , The Beach Boys 25
43 42 44 24 Mary, Did You Know? , Pentatonix 1
44 40 25 39 Santa Baby , Eartha Kitt 18
45 45 65 39 Merry Christmas Darling , Carpenters 24
46 51 62 4 Silver Bells , Andy Williams 46
47 60 – 2 The Christmas Song , Lauren Daigle 47
48 53 71 4 Winter Wonderland , Darlene Love 48
49 54 58 4 O Come All Ye Faithful , Nat King Cole 49
50 47 46 39 Mistletoe , Justin Bieber 1
51 61 98 3 The Christmas Waltz , Frank Sinatra 51
52 59 56 28 Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays , 'N Sync 37
53 52 36 39 Where Are You Christmas? , Faith Hill 15
54 56 30 37 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Jackson 5 25
55 55 60 4 Do You Hear What I Hear? , Andy Williams 55
56 46 43 34 Holly Jolly Christmas , Michael Buble 22
57 49 51 30 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Frank Sinatra 20
58 50 49 35 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Mariah Carey 20
59 44 48 4 What Christmas Means To Me , John Legend Featuring Stevie Wonder 44
60 75 75 4 The Twelve Days Of Christmas , Ray Conniff 60
61 71 74 4 The First Noel , Andy Williams 61
62 58 59 31 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Michael Buble 24
63 68 67 4 The Little Drummer Boy , Bing Crosby 63
64 66 57 30 Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) , Elvis Presley 22
65 69 40 36 This Christmas , Donny Hathaway 25
66 57 53 31 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Burl Ives 29
67 65 54 39 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Bruce Springsteen 16
68 62 61 13 Carol Of The Bells , John Williams 47
69 67 52 29 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus , Jackson 5 45
70 64 63 29 White Christmas , The Drifters 30
71 85 – 2 Merry Christmas Baby , Otis Redding 71
72 79 69 4 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) , Mariah Carey 69
73 63 55 29 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow , Frank Sinatra 45
74 70 70 4 Deck The Halls , Nat King Cole 65
75 77 76 14 O Holy Night , Josh Groban 26
76 74 77 8 You Make It Feel Like Christmas , Gwen Stefani Featuring Blake Shelton 37
77 76 64 31 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town , Michael Buble 35
78 81 94 23 Little Drummer Boy , Pentatonix 1
79 78 85 4 All Through The Night , Perry Como 78
80 72 66 24 Baby It's Cold Outside , Idina Menzel Duet With Michael Buble 14
81 80 97 4 All I Want For Christmas Is You (Extra Festive) , Mariah Carey 80
82 84 68 12 Baby, It's Cold Outside , Brett Eldredge Featuring Meghan Trainor 67
83 73 78 14 Hawaiian Christmas Song (Mele Kalikmaka) , Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters 61
84 91 79 15 I'll Be Home For Christmas , Michael Buble 44
85 87 82 29 Carol Of The Bells , David Foster 33
86 0 Re-Entry 10 Sleigh Ride , Johnny Mathis 48
87 92 95 28 Silent Night , The Temptations 27
88 97 – 25 Do You Hear What I Hear , Whitney Houston 35
89 86 72 34 Sleigh Ride , Leroy Anderson 18
90 83 86 5 Silver Bells , Dean Martin 76
91 89 83 38 The Little Drummer Boy , The Harry Simeone Chorale 25
92 94 92 8 Believe , Josh Groban 88
93 95 93 10 Someday At Christmas , Stevie Wonder 75
94 88 84 26 Do You Hear What I Hear? , Bing Crosby 38
95 99 89 31 The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) , David Seville & The Chipmunks 26
96 90 81 33 I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas , Gayla Peevey 25
97 82 73 8 Up On The Housetop , Gene Autry 72
98 93 87 23 Jingle Bells , Michael Buble Featuring The Puppini Sisters 37
99 98 – 6 Step Into Christmas , Elton John 84
100 0 New 1 Joy To The World , Nat King Cole 100

[Gary]

The bolded titles charted on the Hot 100

As Katy Perry (#35 on this list) charted at #68 it is safe to say that 16 other titles right above it, just missed the top 50 - leading title that fell just short

19 20 18 29 Underneath The Tree , Kelly Clarkson 8

[KeepDeanWeird]

Dec 25, 2018 15:00:13 GMT -5 Gary said:

The bolded titles charted on the Hot 100

As Katy Perry (#35 on this list) charted at #68 it is safe to say that 16 other titles right above it, just missed the top 50 - leading title that fell just short

19 20 18 29 Underneath The Tree , Kelly Clarkson 8

So 16 of the 17 spots between Darlene and Katy would’ve been Xmas. That’s remarkable. Good thing Katy debuted because we’d have no idea of Xmas titles dominance.

[Gary]

No, if there were no recurrent rules - those 16 titles would have dropped Katy to #84

[Gary]

Holiday 100

This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks Title, Artist Peak
1 1 1 40 #1 35 wks All I Want For Christmas Is You , Mariah Carey 1
2 5 3 40 Jingle Bell Rock , Bobby Helms 2
3 3 4 40 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree , Brenda Lee 2
4 4 5 40 A Holly Jolly Christmas , Burl Ives 4
5 6 6 40 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) , Nat King Cole 2
6 2 2 40 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year , Andy Williams 2
7 8 7 40 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Gene Autry 7
8 9 9 39 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow , Dean Martin 7
9 7 8 40 Last Christmas , Wham! 5
10 10 11 35 Sleigh Ride , The Ronettes 10
11 12 10 38 Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane) , Gene Autry 10
12 11 12 40 Feliz Navidad , Jose Feliciano 3
13 13 13 21 (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays , Perry Como 13
14 17 14 40 White Christmas , Bing Crosby 5
15 14 15 20 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters 14
16 20 16 40 Blue Christmas , Elvis Presley 12
17 15 22 40 Happy Xmas (War Is Over) , John & Yoko/The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir 9
18 18 25 24 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Darlene Love 18
19 19 20 30 Underneath The Tree , Kelly Clarkson 8
20 23 21 27 Run Rudolph Run , Chuck Berry 20
21 25 24 31 Jingle Bells , Frank Sinatra 21
22 16 19 40 Wonderful Christmastime , Paul McCartney 15
23 22 17 13 Baby It's Cold Outside , Dean Martin 17
24 27 32 36 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Michael Buble 24
25 24 23 40 Please Come Home For Christmas , Eagles 18
26 21 35 40 Happy Holiday/The Holiday Season , Andy Williams 21
27 28 31 36 Frosty The Snowman , Jimmy Durante 27
28 31 37 6 I'll Be Home For Christmas , Bing Crosby 28
29 32 33 31 O Tannenbaum , Vince Guaraldi Trio 29
30 35 48 5 Cozy Little Christmas , Katy Perry 30
31 26 18 40 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Michael Buble 10
32 42 43 39 Little Saint Nick , The Beach Boys 25
33 47 60 3 The Christmas Song , Lauren Daigle 33
34 30 29 25 Santa Tell Me , Ariana Grande 1
35 48 53 5 Winter Wonderland , Darlene Love 35
36 46 51 5 Silver Bells , Andy Williams 36
37 33 30 15 Hallelujah , Pentatonix 2
38 45 45 40 Merry Christmas Darling , Carpenters 24
39 55 55 5 Do You Hear What I Hear? , Andy Williams 39
40 38 41 40 Christmas Time Is Here , Vince Guaraldi Trio 17
41 51 61 4 The Christmas Waltz , Frank Sinatra 41
42 37 26 40 You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch , Thurl Ravenscroft 14
43 49 54 5 O Come All Ye Faithful , Nat King Cole 43
44 44 40 40 Santa Baby , Eartha Kitt 18
45 29 28 40 Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 4
46 63 68 5 The Little Drummer Boy , Bing Crosby 46
47 36 34 39 Do They Know It's Christmas? , Band-Aid 14
48 50 47 40 Mistletoe , Justin Bieber 1
49 60 75 5 The Twelve Days Of Christmas , Ray Conniff 49
50 61 71 5 The First Noel , Andy Williams 50
51 34 27 40 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Bing Crosby 18
52 74 70 5 Deck The Halls , Nat King Cole 52
53 71 85 3 Merry Christmas Baby , Otis Redding 53
54 72 79 5 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing / Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) , Mariah Carey 54
55 39 36 35 Linus & Lucy , Vince Guaraldi Trio 17
56 43 42 25 Mary, Did You Know? , Pentatonix 1
57 52 59 29 Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays , 'N Sync 37
58 54 56 38 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Jackson 5 25
59 57 49 31 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Frank Sinatra 20
60 68 62 14 Carol Of The Bells , John Williams 47
61 40 38 40 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas , Johnny Mathis 15
62 41 39 40 Christmas Canon , Trans-Siberian Orchestra 9
63 62 58 32 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Michael Buble 24
64 56 46 35 Holly Jolly Christmas , Michael Buble 22
65 64 66 31 Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) , Elvis Presley 22
66 65 69 37 This Christmas , Donny Hathaway 25
67 53 52 40 Where Are You Christmas? , Faith Hill 15
68 76 74 9 You Make It Feel Like Christmas , Gwen Stefani Featuring Blake Shelton 37
69 58 50 36 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) , Mariah Carey 20
70 69 67 30 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus , Jackson 5 45
71 67 65 40 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Bruce Springsteen 16
72 73 63 30 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow , Frank Sinatra 45
73 75 77 15 O Holy Night , Josh Groban 26
74 70 64 30 White Christmas , The Drifters 30
75 87 92 29 Silent Night , The Temptations 27
76 95 99 32 The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) , David Seville & The Chipmunks 26
77 84 91 16 I'll Be Home For Christmas , Michael Buble 44
78 79 78 5 All Through The Night , Perry Como 78
79 83 73 15 Hawaiian Christmas Song (Mele Kalikmaka) , Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters 61
80 78 81 24 Little Drummer Boy , Pentatonix 1
81 93 95 11 Someday At Christmas , Stevie Wonder 75
82 77 76 32 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town , Michael Buble 35
83 90 83 6 Silver Bells , Dean Martin 76
84 66 57 32 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer , Burl Ives 29
85 88 97 26 Do You Hear What I Hear , Whitney Houston 35
86 0 Re-Entry 2 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Judy Garland 86
87 82 84 13 Baby, It's Cold Outside , Brett Eldredge Featuring Meghan Trainor 67
88 81 80 5 All I Want For Christmas Is You (Extra Festive) , Mariah Carey 80
89 0 Re-Entry 2 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town , Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters 89
90 100 – 2 Joy To The World , Nat King Cole 90
91 0 Re-Entry 6 Mistletoe And Holly , Frank Sinatra 70
92 94 88 27 Do You Hear What I Hear? , Bing Crosby 38
93 80 72 25 Baby It's Cold Outside , Idina Menzel Duet With Michael Buble 14
94 0 Re-Entry 13 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas , Sam Smith 9
95 98 93 24 Jingle Bells , Michael Buble Featuring The Puppini Sisters 37
96 0 Re-Entry 15 O Holy Night , Mariah Carey 70
97 0 New 1 What Christmas Means To Me , Sheryl Crow 97
98 0 New 1 Winter Wonderland , Bing Crosby 98
99 91 89 39 The Little Drummer Boy , The Harry Simeone Chorale 25
100 0 Re-Entry 25 This Christmas , Chris Brown 27

[Gary]

#30 Cozy Little Christmas was #53 on the Hot 100

#49 Jingle Bells was #21


An Additional 8 Holiday songs charted between #51 and #52

Including Christmas recurrents Katy Perry would have charted at #61