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1:00 AM 9th November 2024
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When Can You Start Playing Christmas Songs Revealed

 
Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay
Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay

Christmas songs… they’re a contentious issue in any office setting. With the festive season upon us, flexible workspace platform, Spacepool, has finally settled the squabbles over the playlist.

50 Spotify playlists, containing 3,383 songs, and 1,228 Reddit responses were analysed to reveal exactly what month Christmas songs can be played, which are least likely to get you in trouble, and which artists are essential listening in the festive period.

58% say leave Christmas songs until December, but 1 in 10 listen all year round

The company analysed the responses of 1,228 Redditors asked ‘when should you listen to Christmas music?’ to reveal the month that you can start blaring Last Christmas with impunity.

More than half – 706 respondents – said that Christmas songs should be limited to December (bah humbug).

However, it turns out there are more committed festives than grinches, with 1 in 10 reporting they listen to Christmas songs all year round versus just 7.7% saying they never do.

When you can start listening to Christmas songs
Time of Year# of People% of People
July 25 2.0%
August 5 0.4%
September 25 2.0%
October 22 1.8%
November 233 19.0%
December 706 57.5%
All year 117 9.5%
Never 95 7.7%

Bing Crosby’s White Christmas named the most popular song of the season

The company analysed 50 Christmas playlists, containing 3,383 songs, to reveal the music that appeared most in our lists.

You may be forgiven for believing that Mariah Carey’s All I want for Christmas is You is the most-loved Christmas song. But White Christmas, originally by Bing Crosby, appeared 68 times across 50 playlists as the original, covers, and remixes.

Last Christmas, originally by Wham!, was the second most-popular Christmas song across playlists, appearing 66 times. And, another Bing Crosby hit, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas was third favourite. Originally recorded by Perry Como in 1951, it appeared 59 times.

The top 10 most-popular songs in Christmas playlists
RankChristmas songTimes it appeared in playlists
1 White Christmas 68
2 Last Christmas 66
3 It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas 59
4 Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas 58
5 Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 57
6 Santa Baby 52
7 All I Want for Christmas Is You 52
8 Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 51
9 Winter Wonderland 49
10 Jingle Bell Rock 49

Michael Bublé is the #1 festive favourite across Christmas playlists

Despite being the original singer of the most popular song of the season – White Christmas – Bing Crosby didn’t top the list of artists that appeared the most across Christmas playlists. It was, in fact, Michael Bublé.

Bublé appeared a whopping 109 times across all 50 analysed. In comparison, Bing Crosby appeared 103 times, and Nat King Cole, 80.

Ariana Grande was a surprise addition to the list of artists that were festive favourites. The most-popular Christmas songs can be considered classics. For example, White Christmas was first recorded in 1942. However, Ariana released her debut song in 2011. Regardless, she ranked the 8th most-popular artist in Christmas playlists, appearing 50 times.

The top 10 most-popular artists in Christmas playlists
RankArtistTimes they appeared in Christmas playlists
1 Michael Buble 109
2 Bing Crosby 103
3 Nat King Cole 80
4 Frank Sinatra 75
5 Mariah Carey 65
6 Dean Martin 65
7 Andy Williams 62
8 Ariana Grande 50
9 The Ronettes 48
10 Brenda Lee 46



Information supplied by Spacepool