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.
Issue date | Title | Artist | Released | Ref. |
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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 Raye | 2003 | [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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