It’s time for another edition of Mr. Romance’s Top 10 Countdown Show. This week, we’re going to take a look at some of the most successful Christmas songs on the Adult Contemporary chart. Click here if you missed last week’s show featuring 1987.
So sit back, relax and enjoy these holiday favorites that just might bring back a nice memory or two.
Top 10 Countdown Show Pop Culture
Did you know over 1.7 billion candy canes are made each year around the world while the very first Christmas cards were created by John Calcott Horsley for Sir Henry Cole of London in 1843.
The highest grossing Christmas movies at the the box office are:
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York in 1992
Home Alone in 1990
And, the The Grinch from 2018 is at the top bringing in over a half a billion dollars to date
The longest continuous running Christmas television special are:
The 1964 stop-motion animation, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, narrated by Burl Ives
A Charlie Brown Christmas debuted in 1965
and from 1969, Frosty the Snowman
Top 10 Countdown Show Trivia Question
Nearly three decades ago David Letterman called Mariah Carey the Queen of Christmas, and despite her unsuccessful 2022 bid to trademark the moniker, fans continue to call her that. Speaking of music royalty, the top-selling Christmas album of all time is Elvis’ Christmas Album, with over 10 million copies sold. But do you know who is considered the Emperor of Christmas with three songs in the Top 10 and two songs in the Top 2? Take a listen to the show below for the answer.
Song Spotlight
Written by David Foster and his then wife Linda Thompson in 1990, this holiday favorite was originally recorded by David, with Natalie Cole on vocals. Then in 1992, Amy Grant released a version for her album, Home for Christmas. But it was Kelly Clarkson’s rendition in 2003, that was released on the album American Idol: Great Holiday Classics that reached #17 on the Adult Contemporary chart: My Grown Up Christmas List.
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Sit back, relax and enjoy your favorite holiday love songs.
An avid record collector, lover of all desserts and sometimes seen wearing multiple Swatch watches, Dave has been lending his voice for over 20 years heard on such prominent brands as Intel, RCA, Eddie Bauer, Kellogg‘s, Pizza Hut, Lexus, and infomercial giants Guthy-Renker and Beachbody. His narration projects include Japan’s preeminent automobile series Best Motoring International and Hot Version, along with GTChannel, QVC, Universal Music Enterprises, and ViSalus Sciences.