As if this time of year couldn't get any better for Mariah Carey. On Friday, Billboard released a list of the top 10 most-downloaded holiday songs in history, which includes 13 years of sales data compiled since Nielsen Music began tracking digital downloads in 2003.
Coming in at No. 1 with 3.2 million downloads is Carey's perennial favorite "All I Want for Christmas Is You", taken from her 1994 album Merry Christmas. The song, which the Grammy-winning singer co-wrote with Walter Afanasieff, peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2015, becoming its highest-charting appearance in the U.S. since its original release 21 years prior.
Frozen's "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" is at No. 2 with around 1.6 million downloads since it first debuted as part of the animated Disney hit's original soundtrack in 2013. Performed by Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn, and Katie Lopez - who voice Princess Anna at various ages, respectively - the track was penned by husband and wife songwriting duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, who won an Academy Award for crafting the film's signature hit "Let It Go".
In addition to time-tested classics like Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (1 million downloads) and Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" (808,000 downloads), also making appearances on the list are Justin Bieber, whose 2011 Christmas tune "Mistletoe" tallies 1.1 million downloads, Wham!'s "Last Christmas" (751,000 downloads), and two classics performed by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra: "Christmas Canon" (918,000 downloads) and "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" (1.3 million downloads).
Check out the full list of the most-downloaded holiday songs of all time below.
10. "Last Christmas", Wham! (751,000)
9. "Jingle Bell Rock", Bobby Helms (780,000)
8. "Feliz Navidad", Jose Feliciano (808,000)
7. "Where Are You Christmas?" Faith Hill (897,000)
6. "Christmas Canon", Trans-Siberian Orchestra (918,000)
5. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", Brenda Lee (1 million)
4. "Mistletoe", Justin Bieber (1.1 million)
3. "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)", Trans-Siberian Orchestra (1.3 million)
2. "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?" Kristen Bell, Agatha Lee Monn & Katie Lopez (1.6 million)
1. "All I Want for Christmas Is You", Mariah Carey (3.2 million)
(Entertainment Weekly)
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