A select 16 brilliant Christmas hits hung like jewels in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

“The Chipmunk Song” by the Chipmunks, featuring David Seville, was the first Christmas song to reach the region, hitting No. 1 for four weeks during the 1958 holiday season.

Two other Christmas songs have spent their time atop the Hot 100: Mariah Carey’s 1994 “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which spent a total of 17 weeks at No. 1 as of 2019, and Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”. “, from 1958, for three weeks during the 2023 holiday season.

The two most recently released holiday hits to reach the top 10 of the Hot 100 are on the charts as of December 28, 2024: Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me,” released in 2014, and Kelly Clarkson’s “Underneath the Tree.” 2013.

Previously, superstar saxophonist Kenny G boasted about the most recently released Christmas Top 10: his version of “Auld Lang Syne,” released in late 1999, reached No. 7 on the Y2K Christmas season. (A mix with news clippings about notable events of the 20th century, expanding the reach of the original instrumental.)

The vintage song of the season that made the top 10 on the Hot 100? Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)”. He unveiled the chestnut in 1946.

Notably, the majority of holiday hits that made it into the top 10 of the Hot 100 did so in the 2020s, as streaming increased and holiday music gained prominence in streaming services’ playlists. (Also, for much of the Hot 100’s history, Christmas songs were ineligible for inclusion on the list and instead appeared in seasonal polls.)

Of the 16 top 10 Hot 100 holiday entries, five are “Christmas” and one is “Navidad.” “Tree” was released in two titles. (Also, in keeping with its 2020 holiday sleigh positions, “Rudolph” reached the top 10 ahead of “Santa.”)

Here’s a roundup of all the holiday songs that made the top 10 of the Hot 100, listed from most recently released to oldest.