Who is the biggest selling Christmas artist?

Elvis Presley's “Elvis' Christmas Album” reigns as the biggest-selling Christmas album of all time in the United States. The set has been certified as having sold 10 million copies according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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What artist has sold the most Christmas albums?

According to the most recent record album certifications, the holiday album title that has shipped the most copies in the United States is Elvis Presley's 1957 LP Elvis' Christmas Album, which is certified by the RIAA for shipment of 17 million copies in the U.S. (3 million copies of the original 1957 release on RCA ...
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Who has sold the most Christmas songs?

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

The number one selling Christmas song of all-time is none other than “White Christmas,” which was recorded by popular crooner Bing Crosby in 1942 and raked in a whopping $50 million.
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Who has the most number 1 Christmas singles?

There's not many chart records the Beatles haven't broken and, yes, they have the most Christmas Number 1s of everyone – four in total.
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What is the best selling Christmas song ever?



Who has had 4 Christmas number ones?

The Beatles and LadBaby are the only acts with four Christmas number ones. On two occasions, in 1963 and 1967, the Beatles had both the Christmas number one and the number two, the only act to have achieved this.
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Who makes the most money from Christmas song?

  • #4) Mel Torme – "The Christmas Song" (1944). Estimated earnings: $45 million. ...
  • #3) Haven Gillespie & Fred J Coots – "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (1934). Estimated earnings: $50 million. ...
  • #2) Mariah Carey & Walter Afanasieff – "All I Want For Christmas Is You" (1994). ...
  • #1) Irving Berlin – "White Christmas" (1940).
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What is the #1 Christmas carol of all time?

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The Guinness Book of Records has named "White Christmas" as not only the best-selling Christmas song of all time, but also the best-selling single generally of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold.
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Which Christmas song has sold more copies than any other in history?

'White Christmas' by Bing Crosby

Christmas single of all time belongs to another Crosby favorite: “White Christmas.” According to the Guinness Book of Records, “White Christmas” is also the best-selling single in general of all time having sold more than 50 million copies.
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Which music album sold the most?

Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album. Although sales estimates for Thriller have been as high as 120 million copies, these sales figures are unreliable.
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Which Christmas movie has made the most money?

The most successful Christmas movie is Home Alone, with a lifetime gross of over 285.7 million U.S. dollars.
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What is the most played Christmas song on the radio?

Mariah Carey's 1994 festive single All I Want For Christmas Is You has been named the most popular Christmas song of all time in a new survey based on social media users and Spotify plays.
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How much has Mariah Carey made from her Christmas song?

A study in 2016 by The Economist found that Carey makes about $2.5 million per year for the song. She had raked in $60 million by 2016 from the song first released in 1994, the study said. So she has probably made an additional $12.5 million since, bringing her to more than $72 million from just one song.
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How much has Mariah Carey made from all I want for Christmas?

Another article, this one from the New York Post, says that over the course of 19 years - from 1994 to 2013 - the song made her a total of $50 million in royalties. When we calculate that out on an annual basis, it's $3.8 million per year.
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How much does Wizard make from Christmas song?

The only song in the top five released in the 1970s - I Wish It Could be Christmas Everyday by Wizzard - is believed to earning around €200,000 every year for its makers off the back of Christmas royalties.
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Who has the most Christmas Number Ones UK?

The Beatles, unsurprisingly, hold the record for the most Christmas number ones, with four, however the top spot has been claimed for the last three years by YouTuber LadBaby. The Spice Girls also had an impressive three consecutive victories in the mid-Nineties, with Cliff Richard also having a hat trick to his name.
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Who has had 8 Christmas number ones?

Amazingly, Paul McCartney has had eight Christmas Number Ones as a member of The Beatles, Wings and three Band Aid incarnations. The only act to have four Christmas number ones are The Beatles - with three consecutive number ones starting in 1963.
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Has anyone had 3 consecutive Christmas number ones?

The Spice Girls were the first band since The Beatles to secure three Christmas number ones in a row, with 2 Become 1 in 1996, Too Much in 1997 and Goodbye in 1998.
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Who is the king of Christmas music?

We've been talking about it on air lately; there's 2 "Kings" of Christmas music: Nat "King" Cole and Elvis "the King" Presley. Both of them have amazing, memorable, and plentiful Christmas libraries.
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Who sang the best Christmas songs?

The 30 best Christmas songs of all time, ranked
  • Chris Rea - 'Driving Home for Christmas' ...
  • Bing Crosby - 'White Christmas' ...
  • Greg Lake - 'I Believe in Father Christmas' ...
  • Nat King Cole - 'The Christmas Song' ...
  • Mariah Carey - 'All I Want for Christmas is You' ...
  • The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - 'Fairytale of New York' ...
  • Wham!
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What is the least popular Christmas song?

The Most Hated Christmas Songs of All Time
  1. "The Christmas Shoes," NewSong. ...
  2. "Wonderful Christmastime," Paul McCartney. ...
  3. "Do They Know It's Christmas?," Band Aid. ...
  4. "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)," Alvin and the Chipmunks. ...
  5. "Dominick the Donkey," Lou Monte. ...
  6. "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus," The Jackson 5.
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What is the most viewed Christmas movie?

The most popular Christmas movies, according to Americans
  • Christmas.
  • National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
  • Elf.
  • A Christmas Story.
  • It's a Wonderful Life.
  • Home Alone.
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What is the number one Christmas movie in America?

Home Alone Is America's Most Popular Christmas Movie According to New Poll. The antics of Kevin McCallister have been entertaining families during the holidays for 30 years now.
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Who is the #1 selling artist of all time?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 257.7 million certified sales. Second is Elvis Presley with almost 207 million sales, followed by Michael Jackson with 169.7 million.
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