Putting together the perfect Christmas playlist is one of the most important tasks of the holiday season. Sure, you've got to shop for gifts , decorate the house , and maybe host a holiday get-together — but the only way to make those activities as festive as possible is by playing a fabulous Christmas soundtrack in the background. For every playlist, you need an assortment of old and new, cheerful and chill. These modern Christmas songs include upbeat hits that'll get everyone dancing to chill ballads you'll want to listen to with a cup of cocoa by the fire. We know there's something for everyone's musical taste, whether you prefer a classic cover or love to listen to new holiday hits. Just sit back, relax preferable with some Christmas candies , and let these tunes put you in the holiday spirit. Is it possible for a song to be an instant classic? Twenty-five years after its release, Mariah Carey's ultimate holiday bop is still the go-to tune to get any party started. The song is about being so in love that every day feels like Christmas. Blasting Destiny's Child always gets the party started.
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Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. Certain songs become ubiquitous every December, especially if you're tuning into one of around stations in the U.
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By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. Thanks for subscribing! Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! To get in the Christmas spirit, then, you might need to seek out the festive tunes. This list has both in droves, including an absolute cracker from drag icon RuPaul, so put on your Santa hat and feel those Christmas vibes. It never made the Christmas number one spot held back by John Lennon at no. Originally released as a fanclub-only single in , Tennant and Lowe's Christmas offering is a sweetly sardonic dance banger which name-checks Bing Crosby and ' this year's festive number one'. It captures the mix of ambivalence and warmth that Christmas can somehow conjure up pretty perfectly. Who cares about the provenance, however, when the beats are this big?
Every year, as the nights draw in and the shops go mental, the songs we have all grown up with suddenly become the soundtrack to our lives yet again. Listen to the best Christmas pop songs on Spotify , and scroll down for our ten best Christmas pop songs. The Motown-inspired midtempo track was first performed at the A Very Grammy Christmas concert and TV special, and was supported by a cute-as-a-button promotional video. Almost every major star tackles a festive album at some point and Justin Bieber got his in early at the age of just This was the lead single from the Under The Mistletoe collection and hit the charts just about everywhere in , while continuing to stack up downloads to this day. Mariah, however, likes to do things differently, and for her second seasonal album — Merry Christmas II You — she re-recorded her classic, which is not only one of the best Christmas pop songs in history, but one of the biggest-selling singles of all time. Typically, Sia was nowhere to be seen in the memorable video supporting the song, but Kristen Bell stepped in admirably as the host of a retro-styled festive house party. It made a belated entry to streaming catalogues after a couple of years and now regularly features on festive playlists.
