{"id":16486,"date":"2023-12-13T14:16:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T14:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/?p=16486"},"modified":"2023-12-13T14:32:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T14:32:49","slug":"the-10-best-christmas-songs-of-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/12\/13\/the-10-best-christmas-songs-of-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Best Christmas songs of the 21st century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With best-selling Christmas songs of all time like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do They Know It\u2019s Christmas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Band Aid, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White Christma<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s by Bing Crosby, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fairytale of New York<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by The Pogues and who can forget Mariah Carey\u2019s single <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All I Want For Christma<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s\u2026 what about the festive hits from this century?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep reading for some of the best Christmas songs of the 21st century that deserve a place on your playlist this crimbo!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>In this blog:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#8-Days-of-Christmas\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Days of Christmas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Believe\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Believe\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#It's-Beginning-to-Look-a-Lot-Like-Christmas\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Mistletoe\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mistletoe<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Christmas-Lights\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christmas Lights<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#One-More-Sleep\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One More Sleep<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Underneath-the-Tree\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Underneath the Tree\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Santa-Tell-Me\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa Tell Me<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Baby-It's-Cold-Outside\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baby It\u2019s Cold Outside<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#Merry-Christmas\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merry Christmas<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"8-Days-of-Christmas\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/8-days-of-christmas\">8 Days of Chistmas<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2001, Destiny\u2019s Child put their own R&amp;B spin on the original <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 Days of Christmas <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with their version, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Days of Christmas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you\u2019re looking for a Christmas song with a twist, its early 00s references make it the perfect festive throwback.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forget about five golden rings or a partridge in a pear tree, Queen Bee was singing about keys to a CLK Mercedes and a candle-lit dinner\u2026 we know the millennials out there will be secretly happy that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 Days of Christmas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made our list (you\u2019re welcome!).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: 8 Days of Christmas\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3WrG9BpOPQWUus3FjA1Tny?si=de59a40ea65e415e&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Believe\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/the-polar-express-2004-dvd\">Believe<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the best Children\u2019s Christmas films has got to be <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Polar Express<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so it\u2019s no surprise that a song from the film&#8217;s soundtrack is up there as one of the best Christmas songs of the 21st century (in our opinion anyway). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Believe<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Josh Groban won a Grammy in 2006 and it was even nominated in 2005 for Best Original Song at the Academy Awards.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Believe\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/2vJAjPkVMPKkR3xd2wacZa?si=a00e56b4136844f3&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"It's-Beginning-to-Look-a-Lot-Like-Christmas\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/christmas-michael-buble-michael-buble-cd\">It&#8217;s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Released in 2011, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christmas <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is Micheal Bubl\u00e9\u2019s most successful album to date, including renditions of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(originally sung by Bing Crosby in 1951), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa is Coming to Town<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jingle Bells<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featuring jazz and elements, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christmas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and is one of the best-selling Christmas albums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: It&amp;apos;s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/1rv46mRwDqMEhOBZ7vODg3?si=aba694e368494151&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Mistletoe\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/under-the-mistletoe\">Mistletoe<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love him or hate him, Justin Bieber dropped his Christmas single in 2011 and has even featured in The Offical Top 40 most-streamed Christmas Songs. At the time of its release, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mistletoe<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> set the record for the highest debut Christmas song in the history of Billboard Hot 100.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s catchy and upbeat and if you\u2019re looking for a song to get you well and truly in the festive spirit, it\u2019s one to turn up and sing along to\u2026 however much you don\u2019t want to admit that you like it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Mistletoe\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/7xapw9Oy21WpfEcib2ErSA?si=9a06a97b2c83455a&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Christmas-Lights\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Christmas Lights<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems nowadays that nearly every artist has had a go at a Christmas track, and Coldplay is no exception. The British band threw their hat in the ring back in 2010 and released <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christmas Lights<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The song did relatively well in America, with a spot in the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and it reached number 12 on Billboard\u2019s Hot Digital Songs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Christmas Lights\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4fzyvSu73BhGvi96p2zwjL?si=7ab4d8206ce9408f&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"One-More-Sleep\" style=\"text-align: center;\">One More Sleep<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The X-Factor winner Leona Lewis released her first Christmas album in 2013 and the single <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One More Sleep<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was one of the most streamed Christmas songs in the UK. It has become extremely popular throughout the holiday season over the years, entering the UK Top 40 numerous times and debuting on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even in December 2021, seven years after its initial release, One More Sleep was number 20 in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: One More Sleep\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/78pn8k7RogKo2oxl0DyX6d?si=5fbbb93c61654e1e&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Underneath-the-Tree\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/wrapped-in-red\">Underneath the Tree<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kelly Clarkson never ceases to amaze us with her vocals and she does just that with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Underneath the Tre<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e. This single has been praised countlessly and it reached number 8 on the Billboard Global 200.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It re-enters the charts a lot around Christmas time and if you haven\u2019t heard about it up until now, make sure to add it to your Christmas playlist ASAP (think of it as a gift from us to you).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Underneath the Tree\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3nAp4IvdMPPWEH9uuXFFV5?si=af0b93b1cdcd417d&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Santa-Tell-Me\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Santa Tell Me<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ariana Grande dropped the Christmas banger <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa Tell Me<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2014 and it\u2019s definitely what we needed. Ariana knocked it out of the park with this song and it became iconic for the 2010s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been included in Billboard\u2019s revision of their Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs and in 2020, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Santa Tell Me<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> re-entered the UK Singles Chart for a fifth consecutive year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a modern-day Christmas song that we can\u2019t help but listen to every year\u2026 well done Ariana, well done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Santa Tell Me\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0lizgQ7Qw35od7CYaoMBZb?si=10a0f3207b0f4f95&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Baby-It's-Cold-Outside\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Baby It&#8217;s Cold Outside<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Micheal Bubl\u00e9 and Elsa (Idina Menzel) came together in 2014 to duet on <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Baby It\u2019s Cold Outside<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is a Christmas classic, originally written back in 1944 by Frank Loesser but we\u2019ve got to admit with love this version just as much.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Baby It&amp;apos;s Cold Outside (with Michael Bubl\u00e9)\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/0Ie5uiv54KgCr7P4sYDTHl?si=b62c12e08269441e&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"Merry-Christmas\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/products\/johneltonthelockdow\">Merry Christmas<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Created by a duo we didn\u2019t know we needed, Elton John and Ed Sheeran gave us the single <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Merry Christmas<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2021 and it\u2019s just what we needed after endless lockdowns. It is Ed Sheeran&#8217;s first Christmas single and was at the top of the UK Singles Chart from the 10th December 2021, where it stayed at the number one spot for two weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Merry Christmas\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/3bH2Eu9A9ymI4UnGHRmoXg?si=b6149b538d1b4fe1&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rock around the Christmas tree with your favourite festive tunes and find everything you need in our <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/music\/?filter=collections:christmas\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christmas collection<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with 100s of CDs to choose from at the musicMagpie Store.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With best-selling Christmas songs of all time like Do They Know It\u2019s Christmas by Band Aid, White Christmas by Bing Crosby, Fairytale of New York by The Pogues and who can forget Mariah Carey\u2019s single All I Want For Christmas\u2026 what about the festive hits from this century?\u00a0 Keep reading &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":13361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16486"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16504,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16486\/revisions\/16504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}