Christmas is now less than a week away, If youâre out and about over the next few days, chances are that youâll hear your fair share of Christmas songs playing on the radio or over the speakers at the stores where youâre doing your last-minute holiday shopping.
To get us into the holiday spirit, we wanted to know what Christmas songs people in the commonwealth preferred. So BetVirginia.com, your source for the best Virginia sportsbook promo codes, used Google Trends to find the top five most popular Christmas songs. This list is based on search interest scores from a timeframe of Dec. 18, 2004, to Dec. 18, 2024.
Rank | Song | Search Interest Score |
1 | âAll I Want For Christmas Is Youâ | 16 |
2 | âRockinâ Around The Christmas Treeâ | 14 |
3 | âJingle Bell Rockâ | 13 |
4 | âSilent Nightâ | 11 |
5 | âSanta Babyâ | 9 |
If youâre curious about Virginiaâs favorite Christmas movies and which ones made that list, BetVirginia has you covered.
First off, weâll assume Virginians were searching for Mariah Careyâs âAll I Want For Christmas Is Youâ â but there is a different song with the same title released a few years earlier by Vince Vance and the Valiants, which happens to be heavy in my rotation of Christmas songs. Itâs worth a listen if you havenât heard of it, but I digress.
Getting back to Mariah Carey, her song has dominated the holidays since it first came out 30 years ago. Itâs still No. 1 on the Billboard Holiday 100 this week and has maintained that position for 63 of the 71 weeks the chart has been published over the years.
Right behind Mariah on the Holiday 100 is the song thatâs also No. 2 for Virginians. Brenda Lee first sang âRockinâ Around The Christmas Treeâ back in 1958, and it has remained popular ever since. In fact, last year the song reached the top of the charts for the Billboard Hot 100, which includes all pop songs for its rankings. Lee, who turned 80 earlier this month, became the oldest artist in Billboardâs history to have the No. 1 pop hit.
Another song from the 1950s is also No. 3 for Virginians and the Billboard Holiday 100. âJingle Bell Rock,â first performed by Bobby Helms, can be considered a rock nâ roll or a country song, depending on the artist. Helmsâ version is the one that ranks third on the chart, but thereâs also cover version by Daryl Hall and John Oates from 1983 that comes in at No. 76 this week.
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