What is the most recorded Christmas song ever?

Silent Night” holds the Guinness World Record for being the most recorded Christmas song in history. The numbers speak volumes – with over 733 different versions recorded and counting. The song's enduring appeal has inspired countless artists, spanning various genres and generations, to put their unique spin on it.
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What is the most recorded Christmas song in history?

“Silent Night,” which Mohr wrote the lyrics for (in German) in 1816 and Gruber put to music two years later, is the most recorded Christmas song in the modern era of the holiday's substantial oeuvre.
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Which Christmas song holds the world record?

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby is not only the best- selling Christmas single, but also the best-selling single of all time, with sales in excess of 50 million copies worldwide.
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What is the most recorded song of all time?

No, the most recorded song of all time is, in fact, 'Summertime' by George Gershwin. Forget the 4,000 versions of 'Yesterday' and 6,600 recordings of 'Amazing Grace' — 'Summertime' has been recorded no less than 67,591 times by the likes of Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday, and Sam Cooke.
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What is the #1 most popular Christmas song?

As of November 25, 2016, the holiday single with the most digital downloads is Mariah Carey's 1994 track "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which SoundScan estimates as having sold 3,200,000 copies.
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What's the No. 1 Christmas song?

The Christmas number one is announced by BBC Radio 1 on the Friday before Christmas. The most recent Christmas number-one single is "Last Christmas" by Wham!, which was released in 1984 but did not reach number one until 2024.
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What is the most streamed Christmas song of all time?

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  • All I Want For Christmas Is You.
  • Blue Christmas.
  • Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
  • Christmas Lights.
  • The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)
  • Cold December Night.
  • Do They Know It's Christmas? (Feed The World)
  • Driving Home For Christmas.
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What is the #1 most listened to song of all time?

The most streamed song of all-time on Spotify is Blinding Lights by The Weeknd, with 4,998,517,605 streams as of August 30, 2025.
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What's the highest grossing song of all time?

According to Guinness, "White Christmas" sold over 50 million copies. The single is known as the "best-selling single of all time".
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What's the oldest Christmas song ever?

Regardless, the oldest Christmas songs we know about are religious. St. Hilary of Poitiers composed the Latin carol “Jesus refulsit omnium” (“Jesus illuminates all”) in the fourth century, presumably after the first recorded Christmas celebration (336 A.D.).
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Which song beat Last Christmas to number 1?

Single by Wham! Upon its initial release, "Last Christmas" spent five consecutive weeks at number two on the UK singles chart. It was beaten to Christmas number one by the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", on which Michael also performed.
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What is the best-selling album of all time?

Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. Jackson also has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Madonna, Whitney Houston and Pink Floyd each have three.
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What Christmas song holds the Guinness World Record?

Crosby's "White Christmas" single has been credited with selling 50 million copies, the most by any release and therefore it is the biggest-selling single worldwide of all time. By 1968, it had already sold thirty million.
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What is the most copied Christmas song?

“Silent Night,” “White Christmas” and “Jingle Bells” are the most-covered songs in the holiday canon. In the right-hand column, I've identified (with a Christmas tree!) those songs that have lapsed into the public domain.
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Who was the first person to record the Christmas song?

"The Christmas Song" (commonly subtitled "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" or, as it was originally subtitled, "Merry Christmas to You") is a Christmas song written in 1945 by Robert Wells and Mel Tormé. The Nat King Cole Trio first recorded the song in June 1946.
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What is the No. 1 Christmas song?

Forty years after it was held off the No 1 spot by Band Aid, Wham!'s Last Christmas is the UK Christmas No 1 for the second year running.
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What song has been played the most all time?

There's even a dispute over the exact title. Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times.
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What is the most recorded Christmas song of all time?

“Silent Night” holds the Guinness World Record for being the most recorded Christmas song in history. The numbers speak volumes – with over 733 different versions recorded and counting. The song's enduring appeal has inspired countless artists, spanning various genres and generations, to put their unique spin on it.
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What is Cliff Richard's best selling song?

In 1979, Richard's single "We Don't Talk Anymore" became the highest selling record of his career achieving worldwide sales over 4 million.
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What was the first Christmas number one song ever recorded?

The history of the Christmas number one - now one of the great festive traditions - begins with Al Martino and his ballad Here In My Heart. This topped the charts in 1952 and was not only the first Christmas number one, but also the first ever UK number one.
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Who sold 1 billion records?

Globally, Elvis has sold over one billion records, more than any other artist. His American sales have earned him gold, platinum or multi-platinum awards for 150 different albums and singles.
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What is the most sold song of all time?

According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.
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