List of Billboard number one Holiday Songs 2001–2010

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These are the Billboard Holiday Songs number one hits from the chart's debut on December 8, 2001 until January 8, 2011. The survey of radio airplay of Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 stations is published seasonally for 5-6 weeks after Thanksgiving. When the Holiday 100 was launched on December 10, 2011, the chart was renamed Holiday Airplay. [1] Since December 4, 2010, only Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", [2] Burl Ives' "A Holly Jolly Christmas", [3] Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" [4] (1970) and Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" [5] have alternated the #1 position.

Contents

Issue dateTitleArtistReleasedRef.
December 8, 2001"Celebrate Me Home" Kenny Loggins 1977 [6]
December 15, 2001"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" [7] Brenda Lee 1958 [8]
December 22, 2001"Jingle Bell Rock" [9] Bobby Helms 1957 [10]
December 7, 2002" The Gift " [11] Jim Brickman Featuring Collin Raye & Susan Ashton 1999 [12]
December 14, 2002"Jingle Bell Rock" Bobby Helms 1957 [13]
December 21, 2002 [14]
December 28, 2002 [15]
January 4, 2003 [16]
January 11, 2003 [17]
December 6, 2003"Peace (Where The Heart is)" [18] Jim Brickman Featuring Collin Raye2003 [19]
December 13, 2003"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [20]
December 20, 2003"Merry Christmas Darling" [21] The Carpenters [22] 1970 [23]
December 27, 2003"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [24]
January 3, 2004 [25]
January 10, 2004" A Holly Jolly Christmas " [26] Burl Ives 1964 [27]
December 4, 2004" The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" Nat King Cole 1946 [28]
December 11, 2004"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [29]
December 18, 2004" A Holly Jolly Christmas " [30] Burl Ives 1964 [31]
December 25, 2004"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [32]
January 1, 2005 [33]
January 8, 2005" A Holly Jolly Christmas " Burl Ives 1964 [34]
December 3, 2005 [35]
December 10, 2005 [36]
December 17, 2005"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [37]
December 24, 2005" The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" Nat King Cole 1946 [38]
December 31, 2005" A Holly Jolly Christmas " Burl Ives 1964 [39]
January 7, 2006 [40]
November 25, 2006" The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" Nat King Cole 1946 [41]
December 2, 2006" A Holly Jolly Christmas " Burl Ives 1964 [42]
December 9, 2006"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [43]
December 16, 2006 [44]
December 23, 2006" A Holly Jolly Christmas " Burl Ives 1964 [45]
December 30, 2006"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [46]
January 6, 2007" A Holly Jolly Christmas " Burl Ives 1964 [47]
January 13, 2007" The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" Nat King Cole 1946 [48]
November 17, 2007 [49]
November 24, 2007" A Holly Jolly Christmas " Burl Ives 1964 [50]
December 15, 2007"Jingle Bell Rock" Bobby Helms 1957 [51]
December 22, 2007"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [52]
December 29, 2007" The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" Nat King Cole 1946 [53]
January 5, 2008"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [54]
January 12, 2008"White Christmas" [55] Bing Crosby 1942 [56]
November 22, 2008"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [57]
November 29, 2008 [58]
December 6, 2008 [59]
December 13, 2008"All I Want For Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey 1995 [60]
December 20, 2008"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [61]
December 27, 2008 [62]
January 3, 2009" A Holly Jolly Christmas " Burl Ives 1964 [63]
January 10, 2009"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [64]
January 21, 2009"All I Want For Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey 1995 [65]
November 28, 2009" A Holly Jolly Christmas " Burl Ives 1964 [66]
December 5, 2009"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [67]
December 12, 2009" A Holly Jolly Christmas " Burl Ives 1964 [68]
December 19, 2009"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [69]
December 26, 2009" A Holly Jolly Christmas " Burl Ives 1964 [70]
January 2, 2010 [71]
November 27, 2010"Jingle Bell Rock" Bobby Helms 1957 [72]
December 4, 2010"All I Want For Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey 1995 [73]
December 11, 2010 [74]
December 18, 2010"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" Brenda Lee 1958 [75]
December 25, 2010" A Holly Jolly Christmas " Burl Ives 1964 [76]
January 1, 2011"All I Want For Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey 1995 [77]
January 8, 2011 [78]

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