22 December 2025
WHITE CHRISTMAS was written by American composer Irving Berlin for the 1942
musical film Holiday Inn. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards. Bing Crosby made the classic world-famous. The imperishable Xmas carol returns every single year.
The big numbers (so far).
Charts: Bing Crosby‘s version topped the Billboard chart for 11 weeks in 1942 and returned to the number one position again in December 1943 and 1944. His version would return to the top 40 a dozen times in subsequent years.
The big numbers.
Spotify: 661,114,256 streams
Official video: 8,646,185 million views
A new lyrics video was launched only
3 years ago
TV show video: 1.026.621 views
A performance on Crosby‘s own
TV Show in 1950.
Sales: According to the Guinness Book of Records there are two equally best-selling
singles ever. Crosby’s White Christmas with more than 50 million copies since its 1942 release, before any official pop chart, and Elton John’s Candle In The Wind (the 1997 remake for Princess Diana‘s funeral) with 33 million copies sold since the UK and US singles charts started in the 1950s.
