Silent Night “Silent Night,” it turns out, is not merely the most popular carol; with 733 copyrighted recordings since 1978, it is nearly twice as dominant as “Joy to the World,” a distant second with 391 records to its name.

1. Slade: 'Merry Christmas Everybody' (1973)

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The singer shared she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder following the birth of her son Riley, who she welcomed with husband Daryl Sabara's via cesarean section in 2021.

The official Christmas number one in the UK charts in 2022 was Food Aid by Ladbaby.

As to which artists rule Christmas, SYB looked at data from over 30 million song streams from six countries last year, and found that Michael Bublé was the undisputed winner. He was followed by Justin Bieber and Mary J. Blige, though old favorites Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby made the top bunch.

Here's how much money your fav Christmas song makes in royalties each year

• “Merry Xmas Everybody” by Slade - £1m.
• “Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - £400,000.
• “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey - £400,000.
• “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby - £328,000.
• “Last Christmas” by Wham! -

Singer Mariah Carey may have sung "All I Want For Christmas is You," but she actually reaps around $2.5 million in annual royalties according to recent calculations from The Economist, while The New York Post put the figure even higher at around $3 million.

Bing Crosby: Merry Christmas Mr. Crosby began the genre of the modern Christmas album back in 1942 by releasing a holiday themed booklet of eight songs on four 78's entitled Merry Christmas on Decca Records. In 1955, the first 12” vinyl LP version of Merry Christmas was released with the addition of four more songs.

Music associated with Christmas is thought to have its origins in 4th-century Rome, in Latin-language hymns such as Veni redemptor gentium. By the 13th century, under the influence of Francis of Assisi, the tradition of popular Christmas songs in regional native languages developed.

A person who trains another Noun. trainor (plural trainors) (Philippines) A person who trains another; a coach, a trainer.

She brought it up on a June episode of her podcast Workin' On It - telling listeners, "We paid him. We're like, 'Please be on the team. ' He's on the payroll." Chris even joked in a recent video about Meghan renewing his contract "so we can be friends again." But ultimately, Chris says, their bond grew organically.

Band Aid: 'Do They Know It's Christmas? ' (1984) It's a commonly-held belief that charity songs do not age well, yet Bob Geldof's star-studded response to the 1984 Ethiopian famine remains the biggest-selling Christmas Number One of all time, selling over 3.8 million copies and raising a heap of money for the cause.

- 'Last Christmas' (1984) Number 1: Band Aid - 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' Not only is it one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time, but it's also the best-selling single to never reach number one.

The 200 greatest singers of all time according to Rolling Stone as of January 2023

1. Arijit Singh. One of India's most well-known and successful vocalists is without a doubt, Arijit Singh.