The following are the top 25 most-performed holiday songs, based on ASCAP's performance data for the first three years of the 21st century, and the songwriters who wrote them.
Rank | Song | Songwriters |
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1 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Town | J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie |
2 | The Christmas Song | Mel Torme, Robert Wells |
3 | Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin |
4 | Winter Wonderland | Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith |
5 | White Christmas | Irving Berlin |
6 | Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne |
7 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | Walter Kent, Kim Gannon, Buck Ram |
8 | Jingle Bell Rock | Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe |
9 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Johnny Marks |
10 | Little Drummer Boy | Katherine K. Davis, Henry V. Onorati, Harry Simeone |
11 | Sleigh Ride | Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish |
12 | Silver Bells | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans |
13 | It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Edward Pola, George Wyle |
14 | Feliz Navidad | Jose Feliciano |
15 | Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree | Johnny Marks |
16 | Blue Christmas | Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson |
17 | Frosty the Snow Man | Steve Nelson, Walter E. Rollins |
18 | A Holly Jolly Christmas | Johnny Marks |
19 | I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus | Tommie Connor |
20 | Here Comes Santa Claus | Gene Autry, Oakley Halderman |
21 | Home for the Holidays | Bob Allen, Al Stillman |
22 | Santa Baby | Joan Ellen Javits, Phillip Springer, Tony Springer |
23 | It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas | Meredith WIlson |
24 | Carol of the Bells | Peter J. WIlhousky, Mykola Leontovich |
25 | Wonderful Christmastime | Paul McCartney |
This page updated on August 1, 2024 .