The Roots Music Report's
Top Holiday Song Chart
for the Year of 2017
| Rank | Song Title | Band/Artist Name | Sub Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What I Want for Christmas | Kerry Patrick Clark | Christmas |
| 2 | Song for a Winter's Night | The Pines | Christmas |
| 3 | I Want Some Christmas Cheer | Benny Turner | Christmas |
| 4 | Santa Claus is Gonna Make It Right | The Reverend Shawn Amos | Christmas |
| 5 | Dreaming of Christmas | Rhonda Vincent | Christmas |
| 6 | Christmas Time in New Orleans | Delta Moon | Christmas |
| 7 | The Savior is Born | Becky Buller | Christmas |
| 8 | Run Run Rudolph | Mindi Abair And The Boneshakers | Christmas |
| 9 | It Came Upon the Midnight Clear | Antique Persuasion | Christmas |
| 10 | O Holy Night | Debi Smith | Holiday |
| 11 | Strangest Christmas Yet | Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers | Christmas |
| 12 | Unhappy Holiday | Katie Garibaldi | Christmas |
| 13 | Christmas the Mountain Way | Steve Gulley | Christmas |
| 14 | Christmas Time at Home | Rhonda Vincent | Christmas |
| 15 | Have You Heard the News? | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 16 | Merry Christmas Everybody (feat. Micky Moody) | Eugene Hideaway Bridges | Christmas |
| 17 | Please Let Me Be Your Santa Claus | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 18 | Stay a Little Longer, Santa | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 19 | Merry Christmas | Chris St. Nicholas | Christmas: Religious |
| 20 | The Greatest Gift | Flashback | Holiday |
| 21 | Angels in the Snow | John Stowers | Christmas |
| 22 | Man! It's Christmas | Jimmie Bratcher | Christmas |
| 23 | I'm Your Santa | Alligator | Christmas |
| 24 | Light of Christmas | Steve Free | Christmas |
| 25 | Santa Claus is Back in Town | Various Artists - A Very Special Christmas 3 | Christmas |
| 26 | Merry Christmas Baby | Otis Redding | Christmas: R&B |
| 27 | Christmas Tears (Live) | Eric Clapton | Christmas |
| 28 | Christmas Train | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 29 | On Christmas Eve | Tavson Brothers | Christmas |
| 30 | O Tannenbaum | Dave Stryker | Christmas: Jazz |
| 31 | Bluegrass Kinda Christmas | The Roys | Christmas |
| 32 | Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer | Rounder | Christmas |
| 33 | Jingle Bells | Claire Lynch | Holiday |
| 34 | With Bells on | The Roys | Christmas |
| 35 | Naughty List | Bud's Collective | Christmas |
| 36 | Our Gingerbread House | Becky Buller | Christmas |
| 37 | Silent NIght | Rhonda Vincent | Christmas |
| 38 | Daddy Looked a Lot Like Santa | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 39 | Christmas in the Mountains | Larry Sparks | Christmas |
| 40 | Christmas Mandolin | Various Artists: Believe: Christmas Collection | Christmas |
| 41 | Send Yourself Home for Christmas | Valerie Smith | Christmas |
| 42 | Step into Christmas | Jeff Parker & Company | Christmas |
| 43 | The First Noel | Jerry Douglas | Christmas |
| 44 | Christmas Times a Coming | Ricky Skaggs | Christmas |
| 45 | Oh Come, All Ye Faithful | Pinecastle | Christmas |
| 46 | I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time | Ralph Stanley | Christmas |
| 47 | Winter Wonderland | Rounder | Christmas |
| 48 | Beautiful Star of Bethlehem | Rounder | Christmas |
| 49 | It's Christmas Time | Various Artists: A Mountain Home Christmas | Christmas |
| 50 | Christmas Time Back Home | Various Artists: A Mountain Home Christmas | Christmas |
| 51 | Christmas in Caroline | Rebel | Christmas |
| 52 | What Child is This | Sugar Hill | Christmas |
| 53 | Merry Christmas to You | Jeff Chaz | Christmas |
| 54 | Santa Come Down | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 55 | The Christmas Song | Jocelyn & Chris Arndt | Christmas |
| 56 | You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch / Welcome Christmas | John Driskell Hopkins | Christmas |
| 57 | This Great Old Christmas Night | Sofia Talvik | Christmas |
| 58 | Merry Christmas to All | Smoky Greenwell | Christmas |
| 59 | Hard Candy Christmas | Cyndi Lauper | Christmas |
| 60 | No Christmas This Year | Lawrence Morrill Glass | Holiday |
| 61 | December Again | Jason Paul Curtis | Holiday |
| 62 | Spending Christmas with the Blues (Bonus Track) | Val Starr & The Blues Rocket | Christmas |
| 63 | Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin' | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 64 | Christmas Blues | David Gogo | Christmas |
| 65 | One Day Till Christmas | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 66 | Christmas Comes but Once a Year | B.B. King | Christmas |
| 67 | Christmas Makes Me Cry | Kacey Musgraves | Christmas |
| 68 | Sweet Little Baby Boy | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 69 | Homeless Christmas | Smoky Greenwell | Christmas |
| 70 | Do Right Santa | Roxy Perry | Christmas |
| 71 | The Spirit of Christmas | Matt Andersen | Christmas |
| 72 | White Christmas Blue | Loretta Lynn | Holiday |
| 73 | Honky Tonk Christmas | Domenic Cicala | Christmas |
| 74 | Jesus Touched My Heart | Katie Garibaldi | Christmas |
| 75 | Do You Hear What I Hear? | Lucy Smith Quartet | Christmas: Jazz |
| 76 | It's Christmas Time | Chris Trapper | Christmas: Pop |
| 77 | Merry, Merry Christmas | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 78 | A Carpenter, a Mother and a King | Pinecastle | Christmas |
| 79 | White Christmas | Smoky Greenwell | Christmas |
| 80 | Peace and Good Will | Vaneese Thomas | Christmas |
| 81 | Winter Wonderland | The Roys | Christmas |
| 82 | Daddy's Christmas Tree | Bud's Collective | Christmas |
| 83 | The Birthday of Our King | Larry Sparks | Christmas |
| 84 | Welcome Christ the Lord | Professor Dan Boner | Christmas |
| 85 | Christmas Time's a Coming | Jeff Parker & Company | Christmas |
| 86 | On This Merry Christmas Day | Eliza Neals | Christmas |
| 87 | Blessed to See Christmas | Various Artists: A Colorful Christmas | Christmas |
| 88 | Colours of December | Kelly's Lot | Christmas |
| 89 | Zydeco Christmas | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 90 | Christmas Snow | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 91 | Angels We Have Heard on High | Rhonda Vincent | Christmas |
| 92 | Candy Cane Swing | Corey Lueck | Christmas |
| 93 | Up on the House Top | Natalie MacMaster | Christmas |
| 94 | Let It Snow | Doug Munro | Christmas |
| 95 | Please Come Home for Christmas | Leslie Odom, Jr. | Christmas |
| 96 | Christmas Away Blues | John Wright | Christmas |
| 97 | It's Christmas Time Again (Spend, Spend, Spend) | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 98 | Now to Conclude Our Christmas Mirth (feat. Rhiannon Giddens & Tom Jones) | Caitriona O'Leary | Christmas |
| 99 | I Got Rhythm | The Fred Hughes Trio | Christmas: Jazz |
| 100 | Jesus Gonna Be Here | Lucy Smith Quartet | Christmas: Jazz |
| 101 | These Christmas Days | Jason Paul Curtis | Christmas: Jazz |
| 102 | Blue Christmas | Monika Ryan | Christmas: Jazz |
| 103 | Beautiful Star of Bethlehem | Antique Persuasion | Christmas |
| 104 | Jingle Bells | Summer Brooke & Mountain Faith | Christmas |
| 105 | Home for the Holidays | Claire Lynch | Holiday |
| 106 | Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree | Balsam Range | Christmas |
| 107 | Winter Song | Leslie Odom, Jr. | Christmas |
| 108 | O Christmas Tree (feat. Amy Shook & Frank Russo) | The Fred Hughes Trio | Christmas: Jazz |
| 109 | Grandma's Cookin' Christmas | Francine Reed | Christmas |
| 110 | Be My Santa Claus | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 111 | Christmas Will Never Be Blues | Billy Thompson | Holiday |
| 112 | Christmas Celebration | B.B. King | Christmas |
| 113 | Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto | James Brown | Christmas |
| 114 | Funky Little Drummer Boy | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Christmas |
| 115 | B-A-B-Y | Carla Thomas | Christmas |
| 116 | I Told Santa Claus | Roomful of Blues | Holiday |
| 117 | Little Drummer Boy | The Campbell Brothers | Holiday |
| 118 | Silent Night Chant | Rotary Connection | Holiday |
| 119 | Love Grows for Christmas | Davis Coen | Christmas |
| 120 | Santa Loves to Boogie | Professor Louie & The Crowmatix | Christmas |
| 121 | Take This Christmas | Chuck Eaton | Christmas |
| 122 | While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night | Antique Persuasion | Christmas |
| 123 | Santa Baby | Herb Alpert | Christmas |
| 124 | Sleigh Ride | Maxx Jazz | Christmas |
| 125 | Here Comes Santa Claus | Maxx Jazz | Christmas |
| 126 | It's Not Christmas | The Family Sowell | Christmas |
| 127 | Winter Wonderland | Summer Brooke & Mountain Faith | Christmas |
| 128 | Christmas is a Special Time (feat. Shane Davis, Nathan Horton & Tonya Horton) | Bill Craft | Christmas |
| 129 | Christmas in New Orleans | The NOLA Players | Holiday |
| 130 | Till the Elf on the Shelf is Dead | Milan Miller | Holiday |
| 131 | A Django Christmas | Sultans of String | Christmas: Jazz |
| 132 | Little Jack Frost Get Lost (feat. Norah Jones) | Seth MacFarlane | Christmas: Jazz |
| 133 | Christmas on the Bayou | David Gogo | Christmas |
| 134 | Santa's in Jail | Rusty Wright Band | Christmas |
| 135 | Santa on Vacation | Jette Betrue | Christmas |
| 136 | Back Door Santa | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 137 | Fat Santa | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 138 | Another Christmas Song (Cause to Celebrate) | Chappell & Dave Holt | Holiday |
| 139 | God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen | Steve Eulberg | Holiday |
| 140 | Jingle Bell Jamboree | Keb Mo | Christmas |
| 141 | I'm Your (Christmas Present, Baby!), Vol. 2 | Lawrence Lebo | Christmas |
| 142 | Back Door Santa | B.B. King | Christmas |
| 143 | Santa Claus is Back in Town | David Gogo | Christmas |
| 144 | Silent Night | Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | Christmas |
| 145 | Blue Christmas | Cyndi Lauper | Christmas |
| 146 | Christmas is Here | Cindy Alexander | Christmas |
| 147 | Jingle Bells | Rhonda Vincent | Christmas |
| 148 | O Little Town of Bethlehem | Rhonda Vincent | Christmas |
| 149 | A Christmas Twist | Si Cranstoun | Christmas |
| 150 | Tell Shepherds | Caitriona O'Leary | Christmas |
| 151 | I Believe in Christmas | Brian Glenn | Christmas |
| 152 | Headin' Home (For Christmas) | Heywood Moore | Christmas |
| 153 | Goin' Home for Christmas | Mary Kaye | Christmas |
| 154 | Christmas in the Rockies | The Walker Avenue Gang | Christmas |
| 155 | White Christmas | Natalie MacMaster | Christmas |
| 156 | Deck the Halls | Jesse DeNatale | Christmas |
| 157 | Christmas Time is Here | Jason Paul Curtis | Christmas |
| 158 | Louisiana Christmas Day | Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys | Christmas |
| 159 | The Christmas Song | Doug Munro | Christmas |
| 160 | Ding Dong Merrily on High | Natalie MacMaster | Christmas |
| 161 | Star in the East | Katie Garibaldi | Christmas |
| 162 | Christmas Time is Here | Jocelyn & Chris Arndt | Christmas |
| 163 | God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | Doug Munro | Christmas |
| 164 | This is Our Christmas Day | Caitriona O'Leary | Christmas |
| 165 | All I Want for Christmas, Dear, is You | Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys | Christmas |
| 166 | Santa Claus is Coming to Town | Smoky Greenwell | Christmas |
| 167 | Santa, Flyin' the Chevy | Steve Condon & Becky Hobbs | Christmas |
| 168 | The Christmas Medley | Natalie MacMaster | Christmas |
| 169 | Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home!) | Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys | Christmas |
| 170 | Saturday Night Before Christmas | Smoky Greenwell | Christmas |
| 171 | Silent Night | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 172 | Really Been Good This Year | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 173 | A Bluesman's Christmas | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 174 | Sliegh Ride | Doug Munro | Christmas |
| 175 | One More Round | The Sherwood Singers | Holiday |
| 176 | Oh Christmas Tree | Monika Ryan | Christmas: Jazz |
| 177 | Christmas Waltz | Monika Ryan | Christmas: Jazz |
| 178 | (Everybody's Waitin' for The) Man with the Bag | Jason Paul Curtis | Christmas: Jazz |
| 179 | Turkish Greensleeves (feat. Gundem Yayli Grubu) | Sultans of String | Christmas: Jazz |
| 180 | Merry Christmas Baby | B.B. King | Christmas |
| 181 | Christmas Party | Alligator | Christmas |
| 182 | The Heart of Christmas | Kerry Patrick Clark | Christmas |
| 183 | Shine | Kerry Patrick Clark | Christmas |
| 184 | Joey's Star | Kerry Patrick Clark | Christmas |
| 185 | What Do You Really Want for Christmas | Various Artists | Christmas |
| 186 | Fruitcake Round (feat. Amy Clark & Robbie Clark) | Kerry Patrick Clark | Christmas |
| 187 | Beautiful Star of Bethlehem | Wildwood Valley Boys | Holiday |
| 188 | Santa Train | Patty Loveless | Christmas |
| 189 | All I'm Gettin' for Christmas is the Blues | Deb Ryder | Christmas |
| 190 | Please Come Home for Christmas | B.B. King | Christmas |
| 191 | Silver Bells | Smoky Greenwell | Christmas |
| 192 | Santa Claus | Alligator | Christmas |
| 193 | Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Hank Thompson | Christmas |
| 194 | Medley: Pine Cones and Holly Berries / I'ts Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas | Acoustix | Christmas |
| 195 | Snowfall | Ana Velinova | Christmas: Jazz |
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