Christmas
Christmas music is music written for or linked to the Christmas season, from old carols and hymns to modern pop songs.
It is defined by its subject and the time of year it is played, not by one sound. Carols and hymns tell the nativity story, while twentieth-century pop standards deal with snow, family, gifts and Santa Claus. Sleigh bells, choirs and warm orchestral or jazz arrangements are common. Many artists in every genre record Christmas albums, and the same songs return to the charts each December.
Artists it is known for: Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Mariah Carey, Michael Bublé.
- Family
- Folk & Acoustic
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A use, not a style
- Also called
- christmas music, holiday music
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 8%
About 6,900 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have christmas among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Christmas artists
Frank Sinatra
Mariah Carey
The Jackson 5
John Lennon
Michael Bublé
Glee Cast
Kelly Clarkson
Wham!
Nat King Cole
Ella Fitzgerald
The christmas artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.