Which Christmas song is considered the most popular and best-selling one?
"White Christmas" is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. The version of this song performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time. And what's your favourite Christmas song?
What are your thoughts on this subject?
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Eric Brown
downtownv, Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" single has been credited with selling 50 million copies.[1][2] Mariah Carey's album Merry Christmas, which is not a single and does not have the song White Christmas, has sold 15 million copies worldwide, and is the best-selling Christmas album of all time. Also her album.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] She did release singles of 3 of the songs on the Merry Christmas Album none of which are White Christmas. So Mariah's 15 million Christmas album sales record is not even close to Bing's record 50 million sales of a single Christmas song. Plus they are not even in the same category. Although both are very good records
Sources
1: Guinness Book of Records, 2009 Edition, pages 14, 15 & 169
2: Roy J. Harris, Jr. (December 5, 2009). "The Best-Selling Record of All. 'White Christmas' and the reasons it endures". Wall Street Journal.
3: Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Is World's First Double Platinum Holiday Ringtone". PR Newswire. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
4: Thompson, Tom (2008-04-19). "Let the Yuel Duel Begin". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
5: Frere-Jones, Sasha (2006-04-03). "On Top: Mariah Carey's Record-Breaking Career". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
6: Hancox, Dan (2010-11-26). "Sounds of the Season". The National. Mubadala Development Company. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
7: "Old chestnuts roasting: ghosts of Christmas music past". The Independent. 2007-12-11. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
8: "Mariah Carey Previews Christmas Album". Rap-Up. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
9: McCann, Bob (2010). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland & Company. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-7864-3790-0.
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May 23, 2017 2:39PM
ninakamwene
Got it. I like Silent Night more.
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Jun 27, 2017 2:23AM
Julia Belinda Reid
My favorite Christmas song is "O Holy Night".
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Jun 20, 2017 6:40PM
Jeanette Purchase
White Christmas! So many memories!~
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Feb 16, 2018 8:34PM
dvdeaton
That song has always been popular; from since it was first written up til now..
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Feb 11, 2018 6:36PM
patrhea
Yes, and my favorite
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Feb 2, 2018 8:44PM
Donna R. O'Brien Moran
“White Christmas” is a classic. Answered correctly.
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Jan 29, 2018 7:14PM
Tom Seigo
No doubt about White Christmas.
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Jan 28, 2018 10:20PM
Marianne Hays
Well I can certainly understand many of you liking " Silent Night" better. I love it more because it is a Christian one , and it also has a beautiful story behind it. And then I like " White Christmas." Did Bing Crosby and David Bowie make a Christmas video together? Was it a medley of Little Drummer boy and another song? I can't remember. But I am sorry for my mistakes on here.
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Jan 21, 2018 3:47PM
Marianne Hays
I meant to put a period. I'm sorry for the typos.
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Jan 21, 2018 3:37PM
Marianne Hays
Marianne Hi mean.ays,
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Jan 21, 2018 3:36PM
Marianne Hays
Thank you$
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Jan 21, 2018 3:36PM
Amanda Read
Spike Holmes, I agree
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Jan 18, 2018 4:25AM
Carol Butler
Oh Holy Night and Little Drummer Boy
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Jan 14, 2018 5:41PM
John Dommerman
I was wondering which is the most popular (not including best selling)? Could it be Silent Night? Think of all the churches who would sing it.
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Jan 14, 2018 5:28PM
sarahhvf
downtownv, No one has ever outsold Irvin Berlin...and Bing. Mariah?
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Jan 14, 2018 5:28PM
sarahhvf
Actually," Silent Night" is, but that involves the real Christmas, a tricky subject.. We love tricky though, don't we?
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Jan 14, 2018 5:22PM
Cheryl Perkins
I wish I could stop second-guessing myself.
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Jan 13, 2018 11:42PM
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