Top-Gaining Songs of the 2022 Season – Billboard

The presents have been opened and wallets closed, as the 2022 holidays have concluded. But which vacation songs made the greatest beneficial properties over the newest vacation season?

Here’s a have a look at the seasonal songs that logged the 10 high will increase in on-demand audio and video streaming over the 2022 holidays as in comparison with 2021, in keeping with Luminate, amongst the 50 most-streamed songs, on-demand, this vacation season.

Overall, streaming of vacation songs surged 12.1% over the newest holidays (Nov. 18-Dec. 29, 2022, correlating to the monitoring interval of Billboard‘s Holiday 100 songs chart dated from Dec. 3 via Jan. 7), as in comparison with the corresponding interval the yr earlier than (Nov. 19-Dec. 30, 2021), per the high 500 vacation titles in every of the final two vacation seasons. (For this analysis, UGC [user-generated content] was included, though it doesn’t contribute to Billboard‘s charts.)

Below is a recap of the 10 top-gaining seasonal songs year-over-year throughout the newest holidays — and their latest chart highlights.

The Top-Gaining Songs of the 2022 Holiday Season

“Here Comes Santa Claus,” Gene Autry

The track galloped to a No. 25 excessive on the Billboard Hot 100 dated Dec. 31, besting its prior No. 28 peak reached three years earlier. Originally launched in 1947, it hit the high 10 on Billboard pop and nation charts yearly via the finish of the ’40s.

“Blue Christmas,” Elvis Presley

The King’s festive favourite logs a brand new No. 24 finest on the Jan. 7 Hot 100. Up from No. 27, it marks his first look in the high 25 in precisely 44 years, since “My Way” held at its No. 22 peak on the Jan. 7, 1978, survey.

“Deck the Halls,” Nat King Cole

The observe made a jolly jaunt to a brand new No. 16 excessive on the Dec. 31 Hot 100. As beforehand reported, Cole achieves his first high 10 since 1963 with “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You),” which gained by 5% to 95.4 million on-demand streams this vacation season vs. the identical interval the yr earlier than.

“This Christmas,” Donny Hathaway

The track rises to a brand new No. 37 highpoint on the Jan. 7 Hot 100. It’s his top-ranking entry since “The Closer I Get to You” – one of his six charted duets with Roberta Flack – a No. 2 hit in 1978.

“Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24,” Trans-Siberian Orchestra

The instrumental rock reimagination of “God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen” and “Carol of the Bells” reached No. 35 on the Holiday 100 in December, its finest rank on the chart in over two years.

“Merry Christmas,” Ed Sheeran & Elton John

The cheery track by the British superstars fared much better in its second yr. On the Hot 100, it climbed to No. 42, after it hit No. 55 in its first yr of launch. If its momentum continues, it may swell John’s whole of high 40 hits past his present sum of 59, whereas Sheeran boasts 23 high 40 entries.

“Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!,” Dean Martin

After first making notable inroads in streaming in the mid-2010s, the basic has hit the high 20 on the Streaming Songs chart every vacation season since 2018, reaching a No. 5 finest in December 2020.

“Jingle Bells,” Frank Sinatra

The recording ascends to No. 20 on the Jan. 7-dated Hot 100, marking a milestone for the late legend: he ranks in the high 20 for the first time since June 3, 1967, when “Somethin’ Stupid,” with daughter Nancy, positioned at No. 16 following 4 weeks at No. 1.

“Do They Know It’s Christmas,” Band Aid

The all-star anthem hit No. 34 on the Dec. 3 Holiday 100, its finest rank since 2018. Helping its profile, LadBaby’s replace, “Food Aid” (additionally a charity single) topped the Dec. 31 Official UK Singles chart. With the coronation, the husband-and-wife duo of Mark and Roxanne Hoyle turned the first act with 5 Christmas UK No. 1s, surpassing The Beatles’ 4 in 1963-65 and 1967.

“All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey

Rounding out the high 10-gaining vacation hits over the most up-to-date Yuletide season, Carey’s 1994 trendy basic made extra Hot 100 historical past, upping its whole to 12 weeks at No. 1, together with 4 in a row, its most time on high in any vacation interval. Its 262.3 million on-demand streams over the 2022 holidays led all songs, adopted by runner-up Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (202.8 million).

In highlights simply outdoors the seasonal songs with the 10 greatest will increase over the newest holidays, Wham!’s “Last Christmas” gained by 29.1% to 150.7 million on-demand streams, because it hits a brand new No. 4 finest on the Jan. 7 Hot 100; Sia’s “Snowman,” from 2017, surged by 26% to 39.7 million streams; and Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me,” from 2014, jumped by 18.9% to 115.3 million streams.

Meanwhile, three songs launched this vacation season made the high 50 in 2022 vacation on-demand streams, with all three Amazon Original exclusives and covers of classics: Lizzo’s “Someday at Christmas” (44.4 million), Lauren Spencer-Smith’s “Last Christmas” (37.6 million) and Kane Brown’s “Blue Christmas” (36.8 million).