Die Hit-Giganten: Best of Christmas

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#TitleArtistLength
1Last ChristmasWham!4:23
2All I Want for Christmas Is New Year’s DayHurts4:34
3Driving Home for Christmas
engineer:
Neil Amor and Justin Shirley‐Smith
additional producer:
Scottie R.
producer:
Jon Kelly, Kiadan K.Q. Quinn and Chris Rea
remixer:
Scottie R.
arranger:
Kiadan K.Q. Quinn and Chris Rea
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Magnet Records Ltd. (from 1999 to present, in 1999, in 2002)
part of:
Offizielle deutsche Charts – Single-Jahrescharts 2025 (number: 96)
recording of:
Driving Home for Christmas
lyricist and composer:
Chris Rea
publisher:
Magnet Music Ltd.
Chris Rea3:56
4Home for ChristmasMaria Mena3:50
5Shake Up Christmas
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (from 2010 to present)
recording of:
Shake Up Christmas
writer:
Pat Monahan and Butch Walker
Train3:55
6I Met an Angel (on Christmas Day)Céline Dion3:21
7Sleigh RideAir Supply2:23
8Oh Holy Night
recording engineer:
Ron Fair (lead vocals) and Michael C. Ross
miscellaneous support:
Bill Hughes (task: orchestra contractor)
programming:
Tal Herzberg
assistant engineer:
Chris Wonzer
producer:
Ron Fair
mixer:
Michael C. Ross
bass:
Chuck Berghofer
celesta:
Mike Watts
cello:
Anne Karam, Cecilia Tsan, Steve Erdody, Stefanie Fife, Judy Johnson, Earl Madison, Ray Kelley and Tim Landauer
double bass [contra bass]:
Oscar Hidalgo, Norman Ludwin and Sue Ranney
drums (drum set):
Vinnie Colaiuta
French horn:
Jerry Folsom, Marni Johnson, John Lorge, Joe Meyer and Brian O’Connor
guitar:
John Goux
organ and piano [gospel piano]:
Billy Preston
percussion:
Larry Bunker and Steve Forman
piano:
Tom Ranier
trombone:
Bill Reichenbach
trumpet:
Gary Grant and Jerry Hey
viola:
Matt Funes, Mimi Granat, Scott Haupert, Renita Koven, Jorge Moraga, Carole Mukogawa, Ray Tischer and Robin Ross
violin:
Assa Drori, Frances Moore, Armen Garabedian, Galina Golovin, Agnes Gottschewski, Endre Granat, Joe Ketendjian, Joel De Rouin, Tiffany Ju, Kathy Lenski, Kirstin Fife, Johana Krejci, Gary Kuo, Natalie Leggett, Lily Ho‐Chen, Mario De Leon, Liane Mautner, Katia Popov, Barbra Porter and Bob Sanov
woodwind:
Gene Cipriano, Gary Foster, Dan Higgins, Jack Nimitz, Don Shelton, Sheridon Stokes and Larry Williams
choir vocals:
Celebrity Voices Choir and LA Mass Choir
lead vocals:
Christina Aguilera
conductor:
E. Dawk, Don Sebesky and Donald Taylor
horn [gospel horns] arranger:
Jerry Hey
arranger:
Ron Fair and Don Sebesky
orchestrator:
Don Sebesky
concertmaster:
Assa Drori
recording of:
Oh Holy Night (arr. Sebesky; Fair)
lyricist:
John Sullivan Dwight
composer:
Adolphe Adam
arranger:
Ron Fair and Don Sebesky
publisher:
Cymbaline Music and Faircraft Music
arrangement of:
O Holy Night
Christina Aguilera4:47
9Christmas Time
producer:
Veit Renn and Joe Smith
performer:
Backstreet Boys
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
1996 Zomba Recording Corporation and RCA (from 1996 to present)
produced for:
www.rennmusic.com
recording of:
Christmas Time
writer:
Veit Renn, Joe Smith and Johnny Wright
publisher:
Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
Backstreet Boys4:15
10December Child
recording of:
December Child
writer:
Cyndi Lauper and Jan Pulsford
Cyndi Lauper3:11
11All I Want for Christmas Is You
additional programming:
Dan Shea
programming:
Walter Afanasieff
synthesizer programming:
Gary Cirimelli
producer:
Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey
bass synthesizer, drums (drum set) and keyboard:
Walter Afanasieff
guitar family:
Dann Huff
background vocals:
Melonie Daniels, Kelly Price and Shanrae Price
arranger:
Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (in 1994) and Columbia Records (in 2024)
part of:
Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-13 (number: 1), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-20 (number: 1), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-27 (number: 1), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-12-06 (number: 5), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-29 (number: 8), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-22 (number: 11), Offizielle deutsche Charts – Single-Jahrescharts 2025 (number: 28), Billboard Hot 100: 2025-11-15 (number: 31), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2024 (number: 54), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2023 (number: 55), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2025 (number: 59), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2022 (number: 65), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2020 (number: 67), Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2021 (number: 78) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (number: 97)
recording of:
All I Want for Christmas Is You
writer:
Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey
publisher:
Kobalt Music Copyrights SARL, Rye Songs, Sony ATV Music Publishing, Sony Songs Inc., Sony Tunes Inc., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Tamal Vista Music, UMPG Publishing, Universal Tunes, Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd, Wallyworld Music and Warner Chappell
Mariah Carey4:00
12World Christmas
producer:
R. Kelly
performer:
R. Kelly
arranger:
R. Kelly
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
2000 Zomba Recording Corporation
recording of:
World Christmas
lyricist and composer:
R. Kelly
publisher:
R. Kelly Publishing Inc., Universal Music–Z Songs and Zomba Songs Inc.
R. Kelly4:03
13My Only Wish (This Year)Britney Spears4:17
14I Don’t Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You*NSYNC4:04
15Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Babyface3:30
16Winter SongSara Bareilles4:29
17O Come All Ye Faithful
cover recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
Art Garfunkel2:09
18The Power of LoveFrankie Goes to Hollywood5:29
19HallelujahJeff Buckley4:16
20Heal the WorldMichael Jackson4:31
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part of:Die Hit-Giganten (number: 2012-10-31) (order: 59)