Update on the Most-Played Christmas Songs This Season

ASCAP, the royalty collective in the US, has been keeping tabs on which Christmas songs have been played on the radio the most across the fruited plain this year.  

With so many American radio stations flipping to all-Christmas formats every year, these songs are getting a lot of exercise.  

Here are the latest numbers as of December 20.

1. "Sleigh Ride" - played 154,327 times
Written by Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Most popular artist version performed by Leroy Anderson

2. "Winter Wonderland" - played 128,980 times
Written by Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
Most popular artist version performed by Eurythmics

3. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" - played 126,032 times
Written by Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
Most popular artist version performed by Nat King Cole

4. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" - played 115,346 times
Written by Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne

Most popular artist version performed by Dean Martin

5. "Jingle Bell Rock" - played 114,529 times

Written by Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe
Most popular artist version performed by Bobby Helms

6."It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" - played 109,938 times
Written by Edward Pola, George Wyle
Most popular artist version performed by Andy Williams

7."Do You Hear What I Hear?" - played 98,575 times
Written by Gloria Shayne Baker, Noël Regney
Most popular artist version performed by Whitney Houston

8. "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" - played 94,885 times
Written by Meredith Willson
Most popular artist version performed by Bing Crosby

9. "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" - played 91,451 times
Written by Johnny Marks
Most popular artist version performed by Gene Autry

10. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" - played 90,175 times
Written by Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin
Most popular artist version performed by The Carpenters