Christmas music has a way of setting the perfect mood for the holiday season. Holiday songs hold a special place in many hearts, shaping childhood memories and being a great company into adulthood. Whether it’s playing in the background while you decorate the tree or blasting through your speakers during a festive drive, the right songs can instantly bring on that holiday cheer. 🧑🎄
To make your season even brighter, here are the top 10 best Christmas songs of all time, as ranked by USA Today. To make it even easier, we’ve attached the Youtube link below so you can dive right into the magic:
10. Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses
9. What Christmas Means to Me by Stevie Wonder
8. All I Want For Christmas Is You by Kelly Clarkson
7. It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Andy Williams
6. White Christmas by Bing Crosby
Answering the frequently asked question; “What is the most popular holiday song?”, this Bing Crosby’s classic hit is one of the most popular holiday songs ever— the Guinness World Records even named it the best-selling single of all time.
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5. Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
4. All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey
Earned the 55-year-old Carey the unofficial title of “Queen of Christmas”, it has topped the Billboard Holiday 100 chart for a record 62 cumulative weeks, of the chart’s 70 total weeks since the seasonal list launched in 2011. All I Want for Christmas Is You has topped the tally for 43 consecutive weeks during the holidays from 2015 to 2023.
3. The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) by Nat King Cole
2. Last Christmas by Wham!
1. Christmas Time Is Here by Vince Guaraldi Trio
Originally written as an instrumental, this song has since become a perennial Christmas classic, and charted on the Billboard Holiday 100, reaching number 17 in 2017—over 50 years after its original release.
Have you added these all-the-time-popular Christmas songs into your holiday playlist? And, what is your favourite Christmas track all the time? Merry listening! 🎄🎶
