In the spirit Of Christmas, Today on the AOTW segment, we’re going to be jamming Christmas songs.
4: It’s the most Wonderful time of the year by Andy Williams
“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is a popular Christmas song written in 1963 by Edward Pola and George Wyle. It was recorded and released that year by pop singer Andy Williams for his first Christmas album, The Andy Williams Christmas Album. The official music video garnered over 2.9M views and live from his show garnered 7.9M views on YouTube. The song peaked number 21 on the UK Singles Chart in 2007 and into the Top 10 consistently over the past several years, peaking at No. 5 in 2020 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA. The song was certified platinum and gold in so many countries like Australia, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Italy, UK and many more!
Andy Williams: Howard Andrew Williams (December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012) was an American singer. He recorded 43 albums in his career, of which 15 have been gold certified and three platinum certified. He was also nominated for six Grammy Awards. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety show, from 1962 to 1971, along with numerous TV specials. The Andy Williams Show won three Emmy Awards. He sold more than 45 million records worldwide, including more than 10 million certified units in the United States.
3: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas by Michael Buble
Taking the number two spot on Apple Music top 100 song in Canada for the 19th of December, “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” off his Christmas Album garnered over 110M views on its Audio and 14M views on its official music video on YouTube. The song was officially re-released on the 18th of November 2012 o as a cover for the original song written by Meredith Wilson in 1951. In the UK, the song peaked at number 7 in 2018.
Michael Buble: Michael Steven Bublé(born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer. A four-time Grammy Award winner, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songbook.
2: I’ll be home for Christmas by Camilla Cabello
On the 4th of November 2022, she released an Exclusive of the Bill Crosby song “I’ll be home for Christmas” The official Audio garnered over 566k views on YouTube. It reached Number 2 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100, before peaking at Number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is the highest charting cover version of the song to date on the Hot 100. It also peaked at Number 58 on the Billboard Holiday 100 and Number 24 on the UK Singles Chart, marking Cabello’s 13th Top 40 hit in the UK.
Camilla Cabello: Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (born March 3, 1997) is a Cuban-born American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time which she left to become a solo artist in late 2016.
Bonus: Christmas Evel by Stray Kids
Garnering over 108M views on YouTube, Christmas EveL (pronounced “Christmas Evil”) is a single album by South Korean boy band Stray Kids. It was released on November 29, 2021, through JYP Entertainment, and distributed by Dreamus, as part of the band’s Season Song project. Marketed as a “holiday special single”. the single album debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart, was certified triple platinum by Korea Music Content Association (KMCA), selling 750,000 copies, and was nominated for Album of the Year – 4th Quarter at the 11th Gaon Chart Music Awards.
Stray Kids: Stray Kids (is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2017 reality show of the same name. The group is composed of eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N.
1: All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” is a song recorded by American singer Mariah Carey for her fourth studio album and first holiday album, Merry Christmas (1994). Written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, the song was released as the lead single from the album on October 29, 1994. The official video of the song garnered over 745M view in the year 2009 and the redo garnered over 351M views in the year 2020 on YouTube.
The song has become a Christmas standard and continues to surge in popularity each holiday season. In 2019, it topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, 25 years after its original release, thereby breaking several records, including the longest trip to number one. and one of the best-selling physical singles in music history.
Mariah Carey: Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. Referred to as the “Songbird Supreme”, she is noted for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style and signature use of the whistle register. Carey rose to fame in 1990 with her debut album Mariah Carey. She was the first artist to have their first five singles reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, from “Vision of Love” to “Emotions”. She has also been dubbed the “Queen of Christmas” for the enduring popularity of her 1994 Christmas song “All I Want for Christmas Is You”.
