{"id":2210361,"date":"2025-12-23T21:51:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2210361"},"modified":"2025-12-23T21:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T21:51:03","slug":"the-christmas-song-new-jersey-is-most-obsessed-with-what-other-states-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-christmas-song-new-jersey-is-most-obsessed-with-what-other-states-love\/","title":{"rendered":"The Christmas Song New Jersey Is Most Obsessed With (+ What Other States Love)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_101\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_288020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288020\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">istockphoto.com\/Siarhei SHUNTSIKAU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If your holiday playlist starts with Mariah Carey\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-number-1-hot-100-21-weeks\/\">All I Want For Christmas Is You,\u00a0<\/a>you\u2019re not alone.\u00a0Music platform <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chordify.net\/\">Chordify<\/a> did a survey of this year\u2019s most popular holiday songs that get us into the spirit of the season. Analysts used Google search data from December 2024, using Google Trends, Ahrefs, Glimpse, and Google Search Console, focusing on search volume and year-over-year growth for Christmas-related song queries.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey\u2019s No. 1 Christmas song, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chordify.net\/\">Chordify<\/a>, is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mariahcarey\">Mariah Carey\u2019s<\/a> iconic hit.\u00a0It\u2019s also the fave in California and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brendaleeofficial.com\/\">Brenda Lee\u2019s<\/a> \u201cRockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree\u201d takes the top spot in 10 states, including in Alabama, Maryland and Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.josefeliciano.com\/\">Jos\u00e9 Feliciano\u2019s<\/a> bilingual \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/popculture\/essay\/feliz-navidad-song-meaning-rcna183521\">Feliz Navidad<\/a>\u201d from 1970 is the fastest-growing Christmas search of the year. It topped searches in five regions, including in New York, Texas and Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Wham!\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DcC6SU93OXE\">Last Christmas<\/a>\u201d is the most popular song in seven northern states where people love their \u201980s pop music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FezVApPddqU\">Mele Kalikimaka<\/a>\u201d dominated again in Hawaii, where it originated; while Louisiana chose <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arianagrande\/\">Ariana Grande\u2019s<\/a> \u201cSanta Tell Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s Christmas charts show how streaming culture and social media have blurred the borders between genres, languages and generations,\u201d Gijs Bekenkamp, CMO at Chordify, says in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing Gen Z discovering classic hits their grandparents grew up with \u2014 and giving them new life on TikTok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These are the most-searched Christmas songs in every U.S. state:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>State<\/td>\n<td>Top Song<\/td>\n<td>Search Volume (Dec 2024)<\/td>\n<td>Artist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alabama<\/td>\n<td>Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/td>\n<td>49,000<\/td>\n<td>Brenda Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Alaska<\/td>\n<td>Last Christmas<\/td>\n<td>13,200<\/td>\n<td>Wham!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arizona<\/td>\n<td>Feliz Navidad<\/td>\n<td>61,000<\/td>\n<td>Jos\u00e9 Feliciano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arkansas<\/td>\n<td>Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/td>\n<td>33,500<\/td>\n<td>Brenda Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>California<\/td>\n<td>All I Want for Christmas Is You<\/td>\n<td>225,000<\/td>\n<td>Mariah Carey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Colorado<\/td>\n<td>Last Christmas<\/td>\n<td>35,000<\/td>\n<td>Wham!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Connecticut<\/td>\n<td>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas<\/td>\n<td>23,500<\/td>\n<td>Frank Sinatra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Delaware<\/td>\n<td>Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/td>\n<td>18,000<\/td>\n<td>Brenda Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Florida<\/td>\n<td>Feliz Navidad<\/td>\n<td>152,000<\/td>\n<td>Jos\u00e9 Feliciano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Georgia<\/td>\n<td>Jingle Bell Rock<\/td>\n<td>41,000<\/td>\n<td>Bobby Helms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hawaii<\/td>\n<td>Mele Kalikimaka<\/td>\n<td>21,500<\/td>\n<td>Bing Crosby &amp; The Andrews Sisters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Idaho<\/td>\n<td>It\u2019s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas<\/td>\n<td>12,200<\/td>\n<td>Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Illinois<\/td>\n<td>All I Want for Christmas Is You<\/td>\n<td>90,000<\/td>\n<td>Mariah Carey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Indiana<\/td>\n<td>Last Christmas<\/td>\n<td>32,400<\/td>\n<td>Wham!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Iowa<\/td>\n<td>White Christmas<\/td>\n<td>19,500<\/td>\n<td>Bing Crosby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kansas<\/td>\n<td>Jingle Bells<\/td>\n<td>18,000<\/td>\n<td>Traditional<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kentucky<\/td>\n<td>All I Want for Christmas Is You<\/td>\n<td>30,000<\/td>\n<td>Mariah Carey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Louisiana<\/td>\n<td>Santa Tell Me<\/td>\n<td>31,000<\/td>\n<td>Ariana Grande<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maine<\/td>\n<td>Silent Night<\/td>\n<td>11,000<\/td>\n<td>Traditional<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Maryland<\/td>\n<td>Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/td>\n<td>44,000<\/td>\n<td>Brenda Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Massachusetts<\/td>\n<td>Sleigh Ride<\/td>\n<td>22,000<\/td>\n<td>Leroy Anderson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Michigan<\/td>\n<td>Last Christmas<\/td>\n<td>39,000<\/td>\n<td>Wham!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Minnesota<\/td>\n<td>It\u2019s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year<\/td>\n<td>19,000<\/td>\n<td>Andy Williams<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mississippi<\/td>\n<td>All I Want for Christmas Is You<\/td>\n<td>24,000<\/td>\n<td>Mariah Carey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Missouri<\/td>\n<td>Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/td>\n<td>33,000<\/td>\n<td>Brenda Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Montana<\/td>\n<td>White Christmas<\/td>\n<td>10,000<\/td>\n<td>Bing Crosby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nebraska<\/td>\n<td>Jingle Bell Rock<\/td>\n<td>15,000<\/td>\n<td>Bobby Helms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nevada<\/td>\n<td>Santa Tell Me<\/td>\n<td>36,000<\/td>\n<td>Ariana Grande<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Hampshire<\/td>\n<td>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas<\/td>\n<td>12,000<\/td>\n<td>Frank Sinatra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Jersey<\/td>\n<td>All I Want for Christmas Is You<\/td>\n<td>78,000<\/td>\n<td>Mariah Carey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New Mexico<\/td>\n<td>Feliz Navidad<\/td>\n<td>20,000<\/td>\n<td>Jos\u00e9 Feliciano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>New York<\/td>\n<td>Feliz Navidad<\/td>\n<td>188,000<\/td>\n<td>Jos\u00e9 Feliciano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Carolina<\/td>\n<td>Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/td>\n<td>45,000<\/td>\n<td>Brenda Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>North Dakota<\/td>\n<td>Little Drummer Boy<\/td>\n<td>7,800<\/td>\n<td>Bing Crosby &amp; David Bowie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ohio<\/td>\n<td>Last Christmas<\/td>\n<td>46,000<\/td>\n<td>Wham!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oklahoma<\/td>\n<td>Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/td>\n<td>26,000<\/td>\n<td>Brenda Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oregon<\/td>\n<td>White Christmas<\/td>\n<td>21,000<\/td>\n<td>Bing Crosby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pennsylvania<\/td>\n<td>All I Want for Christmas Is You<\/td>\n<td>70,000<\/td>\n<td>Mariah Carey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rhode Island<\/td>\n<td>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas<\/td>\n<td>12,500<\/td>\n<td>Frank Sinatra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Carolina<\/td>\n<td>Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/td>\n<td>36,000<\/td>\n<td>Brenda Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Dakota<\/td>\n<td>White Christmas<\/td>\n<td>8,500<\/td>\n<td>Bing Crosby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tennessee<\/td>\n<td>Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/td>\n<td>47,000<\/td>\n<td>Brenda Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Texas<\/td>\n<td>Feliz Navidad<\/td>\n<td>125,000<\/td>\n<td>Jos\u00e9 Feliciano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Utah<\/td>\n<td>It\u2019s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas<\/td>\n<td>18,500<\/td>\n<td>Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vermont<\/td>\n<td>Silent Night<\/td>\n<td>7,000<\/td>\n<td>Traditional<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Virginia<\/td>\n<td>All I Want for Christmas Is You<\/td>\n<td>49,000<\/td>\n<td>Mariah Carey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Washington<\/td>\n<td>Last Christmas<\/td>\n<td>47,000<\/td>\n<td>Wham!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>West Virginia<\/td>\n<td>White Christmas<\/td>\n<td>13,500<\/td>\n<td>Bing Crosby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wisconsin<\/td>\n<td>Rockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree<\/td>\n<td>29,000<\/td>\n<td>Brenda Lee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wyoming<\/td>\n<td>White Christmas<\/td>\n<td>6,500<\/td>\n<td>Bing Crosby<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Washington, D.C.<\/td>\n<td>Feliz Navidad<\/td>\n<td>22,000<\/td>\n<td>Jos\u00e9 Feliciano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Get the latest on the\u00a0best things to do with your family in and around New Jersey by\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njfamily.com\/newsletter\"><strong><em>signing up for our newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> and following us on <\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/newjerseyfamily\"><strong><em>Facebook<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newjerseyfamily\/\"><strong><em>Instagram<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More:<br \/><\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njfamily.com\/this-years-must-see-holiday-attractions\/\"><strong><em>The Ultimate Guide to Holiday Attractions in NJ, NY and PA<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em><br \/><\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njfamily.com\/the-ultimate-guide-to-holiday-lights-in-nj\/\"><strong><em>The Ultimate Guide to Holiday Lights in New Jersey<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njfamily.com\/heres-where-to-spend-christmas-eve-and-christmas-day-in-and-around-new-jersey\/\">These Attractions are Open on Christmas Eve and Day In and Around NJ<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v18.0\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.njfamily.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>istockphoto.com\/Siarhei SHUNTSIKAU If your holiday playlist starts with Mariah Carey\u2019s All I Want For Christmas Is You,\u00a0you\u2019re not alone.\u00a0Music platform Chordify did a survey of this year\u2019s most popular holiday songs that get us into the spirit of the season. Analysts used Google search data from December 2024, using Google Trends, Ahrefs, Glimpse, and Google [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2210362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[312296],"class_list":["post-2210361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-mariah-carey"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Christmas-Song-New-Jersey-Is-Most-Obsessed-With.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2210361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2210363,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2210361\/revisions\/2210363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2210362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2210361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2210361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2210361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}