List of the most commercially successful Christmas audio carriers in Germany

Rolf Zuckowski's album Winterkinder… in search of Christmas is the best-selling Christmas record in Germany with over 1.5 million units sold.

The list of the commercially most successful Christmas sound carriers in Germany is an overview of all sound carriers that refer to Christmas or the Christmas season and can prove a commercial success. Commercial is associated with entry into the official German album or single charts or with verifiably awarded gold and platinum awards .

Notes on interpreting the statistics listed

General information

This list shows all Christmas discs that made it into the official German album or single charts , or that have been shown to have received gold or platinum awards . Christmas sound carriers are those who deal with the topics of Christmas or the Christmas season and contain Christmas carols . A Christmas carol is a song that is sung for Christmas because the lyrics are related to the holiday. Songs that only contain a term associated with Christmas in their text, without the piece making any reference to Christmas in general, are not considered. But there are also exceptions such as Hallelujah or The Power of Love , which were not originally classic Christmas carols, but enjoy a special status at Christmas time and are for many people directly associated with Christmas and sung especially at Christmas time. Sound carriers that were released at Christmas time, but do not reflect any related content, are also not taken into account. Decisive for the recording is the content of the sound carrier and not the period of publication. In addition, no special editions with title extensions such as "Christmas Edition" are listed, since these are marketing re-releases, the content of which usually has nothing to do with Christmas.

The sound carriers are divided into music albums , songs and video albums . The sound carriers can be found in the tables in descending order according to the date of their first publication. In the case of songs, the release date of the single is decisive. Due to downloads and music streaming , since the 2000s more and more songs have made it into the charts that did not appear as single. If a song did not appear as a single, the release date of the sound carrier on which the piece was first found is decisive. The tables provide an overview of the chart successes (chart placement and chart weeks) as well as verifiable sales figures for Christmas discs in Germany. In addition, the dates of the first publication and the first chart entries are included. In addition to the albums, the information from the music labels and, for the songs, the information about the authors or originators (music / text) are included.

It should be noted that the "certified sales" are a minimum number of records sold. Since there are fixed lending limits for the awards, the actual sales of the respective sound carriers can be somewhat higher - i.e. between the awarded and the next awarding limit. Furthermore, until 1977 the music charts in Germany were initially determined monthly and later every six months; for better comparability, monthly chart editions with four and half-monthly chart editions with two weeks are included in the rating.

For a detailed definition of Christmas carols see also:

→ Main article : Christmas carol

Music charts

→ Main article : German album charts  and German single charts

Music charts have existed in Germany since the end of 1953 (single charts), when the jukebox came to (West) Germany from the United States . The magazine Der Automatenmarkt published a list of the most popular boxing hits every month . From July 1959 the magazine Musikmarkt appeared , which also contained a hit list. These charts, which also appear monthly, were more sophisticated, as they not only consulted the success of the jukebox, but also sheet music sales , the use of airplay and sound carriers, i.e. record sales at the time . The music market hit parade quickly overtook the box charts and took on the role of the official German chart organ. After initially only chart lists for singles were published, the album charts were published in parallel from July 15, 1962. At the beginning of 1965 the hit parade appeared twice a month. In 1971 the music market switched to weekly publication. The chart determination was transferred to the company Media Control from September 1977 .

Since 2001, sales of various Internet retailers have been included in the calculation of the German music charts. From September 2004, downloads from various Internet platforms were also included in the rating of the single charts. Since July 13, 2007, the evaluations have been switched to so-called "value charts". For chart placement, the number of records sold is no longer decisive, as was previously the case, but the sales achieved by a product. In 2009 downloads were included in the album charts. In 2013 GfK Entertainment took over the charter position. After music streaming celebrated its breakthrough in the same year, it was also included in the calculation of the single charts in Germany with the first analysis in 2014. Since February 2016, streaming views have also been included in the album charts.

Gold and platinum awards

→ Main article : Federal Association of the Music Industry

Gold and platinum awards are nowadays awarded in Germany by the Federal Association of the Music Industry (BVMI). It has officially presented awards for audio products since 1975 and for audio and video carriers since 1991. The record companies concerned must apply for the certifications; the awards are not automatically assigned. Already before 1975 record awards were made by the respective sound carrier manufacturer, but not according to standardized and officially tested criteria. According to a guideline dated January 1, 1976, the number of rated sales is determined according to the units sold to GEMA or another collecting society of the authors as domestic sales. In addition, music streaming is also included in the sales statistics for music albums and singles . However, only “premium streams” of the corresponding online music services with a certain “conversion factor” are included. In the case of singles, premium streams are taken into account regardless of the release date; in the case of music albums, these are only taken into account for sound carriers that were first released after January 1, 2016. The problem with the BVMI awards is that recordings, their "high phase" before 1975, are not shown with sales figures.

Since 1999, the award limits have been adjusted at irregular intervals. Between 1999 and 2002, due to the decreasing sales figures, the lending limits were gradually lowered. In the course of increasing single sales through downloads and the integration of premium music streaming, the lending limits were raised for the first time in 2014.

Legend

• Artist (s): indicates which artists are involved in the work.
• Title: gives the title of the work.
• Authors: shows the authors or originators (music / text) of the Christmas carols.
• Music label: indicates under which music label albums and video albums were first published.
• First release: indicates when the work was first published (in the case of songs, the date of the single release counts first, then the date of the album release).
• Entry: the date on which the work first hit the German charts.
• Ranking: indicates the highest ranking that the work achieved in the German charts.
• Weeks: indicates the length of time spent in the German charts.
• Certified sales: shows the proven excellent sales figures as well as the gold and platinum awards received.

• - : the information on this is unknown or not available.
• ... : these recordings are currently in the German charts.
• Italic : the release dates of the song do not refer to the single, but to the first release on an album.

List of the most commercially successful albums

The first Christmas album that was able to place in the German album charts comes from the Austrian pop singer Freddy Quinn . His album Christmas on the High Seas first hit the German album charts on January 15, 1964. Since the introduction of the German album charts, six albums have made it to the top of the charts. Freddy Quinn succeeded for the first time with his Christmas on the high seas in 1964. 16 years later, Christmas with Andrea Jürgens by Andrea Jürgens made it to the top of the German album charts in 1980 as the second Christmas album. After that, it took 32 years until 2011 Michael Bublé and his Album Christmas was able to place another Christmas album at the top of the chart. In 2015, Helene Fischer's Christmas made it to position one as the fourth album. As the fifth album, Sing mein Song - The Christmas Concert Vol. 4 by Sing mein Song Allstars of the fourth season reached the top of the chart. As the last Christmas album to date, The Christmas Present by Robbie Williams reached the top position. In addition to the five number one successes, a total of 23 Christmas albums made it into the top 10 . Only three albums from the TV format Sing mein Song reached the top 10.

So far, six albums have demonstrably reached the status of a million seller. The first album to exceed the million mark was Christmas with Heintje by the Dutch child star Heintje in 1968. 13 years later - in 1981 - Christmas with Andrea Jürgens by Andrea Jürgens crossed the million mark as the second album. With 1.25 million units sold, the album also ranks second among the best-selling Christmas albums in Germany. The best-selling Christmas album with 1.5 million units sold is the album Winterkinder ... in search of Christmas and is by Rolf Zuckowski . In third place is Christmas by Helene Fischer and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra . In addition, Roger Whittaker's Christmas with Roger Whittaker and Rolf Zuckowski's December dreams also exceeded the million mark . In addition to two million sellers, eight Christmas albums by Zuckowski made it into the German charts, and two other Christmas albums were also honored with gold and platinum awards. This makes Zuckowski the most successful artist in the album charts and, with over four million Christmas albums sold, the best-selling artist in terms of Christmas albums.

List of the most commercially successful Christmas albums in Germany

Performer (s)	title	Music label	First release	Chart information			Certified sales
				Started	placement	Weeks
Vienna Boys' Choir	Merry Christmas everywhere	-	xx.xx.xxxx	December 15, 1965	19th	4th
Freddy	Christmas on the high seas	Polydor	xx.09.1963	January 15, 1964	1	24	2 × gold (500,000+)
Various Artists	Christmas sounding	Philips	xx.10.1963	December 15, 1964	46	4th
Rudolf shock	Christmas with Rudolf Schock	Eurodisc	xx.xx.1964	December 15, 1964	14th	16
Willy Schneider	Merry Christmas with Willy Schneider	Telefunken	xx.08.1965	December 15, 1965	38	4th
The James Last Band	Christmas dancing	Polydor	xx.xx.1966	-	-	-	Gold (250,000+)
Roy Black	I'm at home for Christmas	Polydor	xx.xx.1968	December 15, 1968	25th	8th
Heintje	Christmas with Heintje	Ariola	xx.xx.1968	11/15/1968	2	12	(1,000,000+)
Roger Whittaker	Festive Christmas	Tembo Music	xx.xx.1969	-	-	-	Gold (250,000+)
James Last	Christmas with James Last	Polydor	xx.xx.1973	-	-	-	Gold (250,000+)
Heino	German Christmas ... and festive songs	Columbia Records / EMI Electrola	xx.xx.1974	-	-	-	Gold (250,000+)
Nana Mouskouri	Nana Mouskouri sings the most beautiful German Christmas carols	Philips	xx.xx.1976	-	-	-	Gold (250,000+)
Luciano Pavarotti	Christmas with Luciano Pavarotti - O Holy Night	Decca Records	xx.xx.1976	December 17, 1990	28	2
Fischer choirs	Christmas with the Fischer Choirs	Polydor	xx.xx.1977	-	-	-	Gold (250,000+)
James Last	A festive concert at Christmas time	Polydor	xx.xx.1979	-	-	-	Gold (250,000+)
Andrea Juergens	Christmas with Andrea Jürgens	Ariola	xx.10.1979	December 24, 1979	1	8th	5 × gold (1,250,000+)
Boney M.	Christmas Album (also known as: Christmas with Boney M. )	Hansa	11/23/1981	11/30/2007	14th	8th
Richard Clayderman	A Christmas dream	Delphine / Teldec	xx.xx.1982	12/20/1982	3	3	Platinum (500,000+)
Rolf Zuckowski and his friends	We are waiting for Christmas	Polydor	xx.xx.1982	-	-	-	Platinum (500,000+)
The Smurfs	Merry Christmas from the Smurfs	carousel	xx.xx.1983	01/09/1984	16	1
Roger Whittaker	Christmas with Roger Whittaker	Avon	xx.xx.1983	December 26, 1983	3	5	2 × platinum (1,000,000+)
Frank Schöbel & Aurora Lacasa with their children Odette & Dominique	Christmas with the family	Amiga	xx.xx.1985	December 15, 2017	65	5
The flippers	Christmas with the flippers	Bellaphon Records	October 19, 1987	-	-	-	Gold (250,000+)
Rolf Zuckowski and his friends	Winter children ... looking for Christmas	Polydor	October 19, 1987	12/13/2004	49	37	3 × platinum (1,500,000+)
New kids on the block	Merry, Merry Christmas	CBS Records	09/19/1989	December 10, 1990	30th	3
Lena Valaitis	Christmas with Lena Valaitis	cook	09/25/1989	-	-	-	Gold (250,000+)
Original Naabtal Duo & Stefan Mross	Merry Christmas	Ariola	11/13/1989	December 18, 1989	3	3	Gold (250,000+)
Norbert K.	Christmas	DA Music	xx.xx.1991	-	-	-	Gold (250,000+)
Boney M.	Happy Christmas	Ariola Express	08/23/1991	-	-	-	Gold (250,000+)
Plácido Domingo / José Carreras / Diana Ross	Christmas in Vienna	Sony Classical	05/10/1993	December 6, 1993	13	9	Gold (250,000+)
Rolf Zuckowski with his big and small friends	December dreams	Music for you	05/11/1993	11/29/1993	8th	38	Platinum (1,000,000+)
The Good Times Bad Times Family	Christmas with us	Ultrapop	xx.xx.1994	12/12/1994	7th	5	Gold (250,000+)
Mariah Carey	Merry Christmas	Columbia Records	10/28/1994	05.12.1994	15th	3	Gold (250,000+)
Plácido Domingo & Dionne Warwick	Christmas in Vienna II	Sony Classical	xx.11.1994	05.12.1994	34	5
The Kelly Family	Christmas for All	Kel-Life	xx.12.1994	December 19, 1994	2	11	Gold (250,000+)
Plácido Domingo / Sissel Kyrkjebø / Charles Aznavour	Christmas in Vienna III	Sony Classical	11/02/1995	December 25, 1995	50	2
The Good Times Bad Times Family	Christmas with us 2	Ultrapop	xx.06.1995	12/18/1995	38	3
Rondò Veneziano	Christmas with Rondò Veneziano - Sinfonia di Natale	DDD	10/31/1995	12/18/1995	15th	3
Various Artists	Christmas gala of world stars	Deutsche Grammophon	07/10/1996	12/16/1996	48	3
Plácido Domingo / José Carreras / Natalie Cole	A Celebration of Christmas	Elektra Records	10/18/1996	12/09/1996	37	4th
Rolf Zuckowski and his great friends	Silent nights - bright light	Music for you	11/04/1996	11/25/1996	28	10
Plácido Domingo & Friends	Christmas in Vienna - Best Of	Sony Classical	11/07/1996	12/16/1996	60	3
Free the Spirit	Pan from Christmas	PolyStar	11/25/1996	December 23, 1996	80	2
Rolf and his friends	Christmas time in kindergarten	Music for you	10/31/1997	12/18/2000	99	1	Platinum (500,000+)
Plácido Domingo / Ying Huang / Michael Bolton	Christmas in Vienna IV	Sony Classical	05/11/1997	12/15/1997	61	3
André Rieu	My Christmas dream	Polydor	11/10/1997	11/24/1997	6th	10	Platinum (500,000+)
GZSZ All Stars	Merry Christmas to You	Ultrapop	11/20/1997	12/15/1997	27	3
Richie & The Counter Sluts	Christmas with Richie and the counter sluts	Zampano	December 01, 1997	12/15/1997	84	3
Kastelruther sparrows	Christmas with the Kastelruther Spatzen	cook	10/06/1998	12/14/1998	84	3
Plácido Domingo / Sarah Brightman / Helmut Lotti / Riccardo Cocciante	Christmas in Vienna V.	Sony Classical	10/26/1998	07/12/1998	33	4th
The red roses	We are waiting for the Christ Child	JKP / Eastwest Records	10/26/1998	11/09/1998	4th	14th	Platinum (500,000+)
Wolfgang Petry	Joy!	Sure, of course!	11/20/1998	07/12/1998	5	8th	Platinum (500,000+)
Plácido Domingo / Patricia Kaas / Alejandro Fernández	Christmas in Vienna VI	Sony Classical	10/25/1999	12/06/1999	49	4th
Hansi Hinterseer	Christmas with Hansi	White	11/01/1999	12/20/1999	23	2
Michelle	I think of Christmas	Electrola	11/15/1999	12/13/1999	98	1
The three tenors	Christmas with the three tenors	Sony Classical	09/01/2000	04.12.2000	9	5	Gold (150,000+)
Vonda Shepard	Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas	Epic Records	xx.11.2000	11/27/2000	22nd	6th
Big Brother Allstars	Christmas with Big Brother	BMG	11/24/2000	12/11/2000	36	4th
Wolfgang Petry	Joy! 2	Sure, of course!	11/27/2000	12/11/2000	18th	4th
Rolf Zuckowski	In the Christmas bakery	Music for you	10/08/2001	11/30/2012	25th	52	Gold (150,000+)
Plácido Domingo / Charlotte Church / Tony Bennett / Vanessa Williams	Christmas in Vienna VII	Sony Classical	10/22/2001	12/24/2001	79	2
Destiny's Child	8 Days of Christmas	Music World / Columbia Records	11/12/2001	12/17/2001	80	2
Helmut Lotti	A Classical Christmas with Helmut Lotti	Electrola	11/12/2001	11/26/2001	17th	10
Howard Carpendale	My Christmas	Polydor	11/26/2001	12/17/2001	80	2
Unholy	Happy Holiday	Four rock	10/28/2002	December 03, 2010	57	5
Hansi Hinterseer	Golden Christmas	White	04/11/2002	12/13/2002	88	2
The young tenors	A Christmas trip	Portrait Records	11/11/2002	12/16/2002	46	4th
Uschi Glas	Uschi Glas sings the most beautiful Christmas carols	Noble Music	11/18/2002	12/16/2002	45	3
Manfred Krug	The Christmas mug	WSM	11/18/2002	12/02/2002	58	5
Jethro Tull	The Jethro Tull Christmas Album	Roadrunner Records	09/30/2003	10/27/2003	51	2
Udo Juergens	Let there be light - My winter and Christmas carols	Ariola	11/17/2003	12/01/2003	53	5
Wolfgang Petry	Merry Christmas	Sure, of course!	11/17/2003	12/01/2003	57	5
TV all stars	Ultimate Christmas Album	Polydor	11/24/2003	12/15/2003	4th	4th	Gold (100,000+)
Jeanette	Merry Christmas	Cuba / Polydor	11/22/2004	12/06/2004	22nd	6th
Various Artists	Your Stars for Christmas	Polydor	11/29/2004	12/13/2004	91	1
Diana Krall feat. Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra	Christmas songs	Verve Records	10/26/2005	11/25/2005	34	7th
Sarah Connor	Christmas in My Heart	X-Cell	11/18/2005	12/02/2005	6th	14th	Platinum (200,000+)
André Rieu	Christmas Around the World (also known as: Christmas Around the World )	Polydor	11/25/2005	12/09/2005	20th	5
Banaroo	Christmas World	Sure, of course!	11/25/2005	12/09/2005	12	5
Schnappi	Schnappi's winter festival	Polydor	07/12/2005	12/16/2005	43	3
The flippers	The Flippers celebrate Christmas	Ariola	08/25/2006	-	-	-	Gold (100,000+)
The amigos	Christmas at home	MCP	10/15/2006	12/22/2006	56	7th	Gold (100,000+)
Rolf Zuckowski	Rolf's colorful advent calendar	Music for you	10/20/2006	11/17/2006	34	27	Gold (100,000+)
Il Divo	The Christmas Collection	Syco Music	10/25/2006	12/15/2006	75	2
Marshall & Alexander	Christmas with Marshall & Alexander	Noble Music	03/11/2006	11/17/2006	52	8th
Captain Cook and his singing saxophones	White Christmas	Koch Universal	03/11/2006	12/15/2006	37	6th
Gregorian	Christmas chants	Noble Music	11/17/2006	12/01/2006	27	6th
Nils Landgren	Christmas with My Friends	ACT	11/17/2006	-	-	-	Platinum (20,000+)
Peter Maffay	Merry Christmas with Tabaluga, Peter Maffay & his friends	Ariola	11/02/2007	11/16/2007	25th	7th
beFour	Hand in Hand - The Winter Album	Pop 'N' Roll	11/16/2007	11/30/2007	10	11	Gold (100,000+)
Till Brönner	The Christmas Album	Verve Records	11/16/2007	11/30/2007	18th	5
Nils Landgren	Christmas with My Friends II	ACT	10/31/2008	-	-	-	Platinum (20,000+)
Enya	And Winter Came ...	Warner Music	07/11/2008	11/21/2008	3	21st	Platinum (200,000+)
Gregorian	Christmas Chants & Visions	Noble Music	11/21/2008	05.12.2008	71	4th	Gold (100,000+)
Rolf Zuckowski	My very best Christmas dream	Music for you	09/01/2009	-	-	-	Platinum (200,000+)
Andrea Bocelli	My Christmas	Decca Records	09/20/2009	December 04, 2009	42	5
Bob Dylan	Christmas in the Heart	Columbia Records	October 13, 2009	23.10.2009	37	7th
Rolf Zuckowski and his friends	Rolf's big Christmas treasure	Music for you	11/06/2009	December 04, 2009	66	4th
Michael Shepherd	Lonely Shepherd & the most beautiful Christmas carols	Ariola	11/13/2009	11/27/2009	4th	11
Pet Shop Boys	Christmas EP 1	Parlophone	December 14, 2009	December 25, 2009	35	3
Tom Gaebel	Easy Christmas	Telemedia	10/15/2010	-	-	-	Gold (10,000+)
Boney M.	Feliz Navidad - A Wonderful Christmas	MCI	11/12/2010	12/24/2010	93	2
Mariah Carey	Merry Christmas II You	Island Records	11/12/2010	12/10/2010	77	1
Annie Lennox	A Christmas Cornucopia	Island Records	11/14/2010	11/26/2010	37	7th
Gregorian	Christmas Chants Live in Berlin	Noble Music	11/19/2010	December 03, 2010	91	2
The horns	Christmas 2	Rhingtön	11/26/2010	12/10/2010	90	1
Various Artists	Merry Christmas - The biggest stars sing our most beautiful Christmas carols	Koch Universal	11/26/2010	12/10/2010	52	4th
Rolf Zuckowski and his Swiss friends	Longing for Christmas	Polydor	11/26/2010	12/10/2010	40	3	Gold (100,000+)
Hape Kerkeling	Hapes magical Christmas	Ariola	December 03, 2010	December 31, 2010	81	1
Michael Bublé	Christmas	143 / Reprise Records	10/21/2011	11/11/2011	1	57	4 × platinum (800,000+)
Justin Bieber	Under the mistletoe	Island Records / RBMG / Schoolboy	October 28, 2011	11/18/2011	21st	8th
Simone Sommerland, Karsten Glück and the daycare frogs	The 30 best Christmas and winter songs	Lamp and people	04/11/2011	12/02/2011	19th	65	Platinum (200,000+)
Kastelruther sparrows	Christmas at home with us	Koch Universal	11/11/2011	11/25/2011	21st	6th
Celtic woman	A Celtic Christmas	Manhattan	11/25/2011	December 09, 2011	43	5
Nils Landgren	Christmas with My Friends III	ACT	10/26/2012	December 21, 2012	69	2	Platinum (20,000+)
Rod Stewart	Merry Christmas, baby	Verve Records	10/30/2012	December 07, 2012	22nd	5
The Baseballs	Good ol 'Christmas	Warner Music	11/02/2012	11/16/2012	25th	8th
Thomas Anders	Christmas for you	Electrola	11/16/2012	December 21, 2012	99	1
The amigos	Christmas with the amigos	MCP	11/02/2012	11/16/2012	15th	7th
Michael Bublé	To Be Loved / Christmas	Reprise Records	11/15/2013	11/29/2013	17th	6th
Fantasy	Christmas with fantasy	Ariola	October 13, 2014	11/14/2014	17th	14th	Gold (100,000+)
Pentatonix	That's Christmas to Me	RCA Records	10/20/2014	02/01/2015	96	1
Nils Landgren	Christmas with My Friends IV	ACT	10/31/2014	12/12/2014	73	3	Gold (10,000+)
Different artists: Sing my song	Sing my song - the Christmas concert	Naidoo Records	05/12/2014	December 19, 2014	4th	9	Platinum (200,000+)
Simone Sommerland, Karsten Glück and the daycare frogs	The 30 best new Christmas and winter songs	Lamp and people	10/30/2015	11/06/2015	46	7th
Tom Gaebel	A swinging Christmas	Tomofon Records	11/06/2015	-	-	-	Gold (10,000+)
Angelo Kelly & Family	Irish Christmas	Flowfish	11/06/2015	11/13/2015	19th	9
Kylie Minogue	Kylie Christmas	Parlophone	11/13/2015	11/20/2015	34	2
Helene Fischer & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Christmas	Polydor	11/13/2015	11/20/2015	1	41	6 × platinum (1,200,000+)
Different artists: Sing my song	Sing my song - The Christmas Concert Vol. 2	Naidoo Records	04/12/2015	12/11/2015	4th	4th
Pentatonix	A Pentatonix Christmas	RCA Records	10/21/2016	11/11/2016	13	15th
Nils Landgren	Christmas with My Friends V.	ACT	10/28/2016	12/02/2016	71	4th	Gold (10,000+)
Michael Shepherd	Merry Christmas with Michael Hirte	Telamo	04/11/2016	12/02/2016	77	3
Christoph Israel & German Film Orchestra Babelsberg	A winter fairy tale - Christmas carols from Germany	panorama	11/24/2016	12/02/2016	25th	5
Daniela Katzenberger & Lucas Cordalis	Merry Christmas	El Cartel	12/02/2016	12/09/2016	81	1
Different artists: Sing my song	Sing my song - The Christmas Concert Vol. 3	Naidoo Records	12/09/2016	December 16, 2016	15th	3
Boney M. feat. Liz Mitchell & Friends	World Music for Christmas	MCI	11/10/2017	December 15, 2017	53	2
Sia	Everyday is Christmas	Monkey Puzzle / Atlantic Records	11/17/2017	11/24/2017	38	7th
Gregorian	Holy chants	Telamo	11/24/2017	December 01, 2017	83	2
Different artists: Sing my song	Sing my song - The Christmas Concert Vol. 4	Clay pool	11/28/2017	December 01, 2017	1	6th
Eric Clapton	Happy Xmas	Bushbranch & Surfdog Records	October 12, 2018	October 19, 2018	37	7th
Nils Landgren	Christmas with My Friends VI	ACT	10/26/2018	07.12.2018	55	3
Rolando Villazón	Feliz Navidad	DGG	11/23/2018	07.12.2018	61	4th
Calimeros	Christmas with us ...	Telamo	11/09/2018	11/16/2018	12	3
machine	All winter again	Electrola	11/16/2018	11/23/2018	23	5
Jay Alexander	A star is rising	Ap Music	11/23/2018	11/30/2018	80	1
Different artists: Sing my song	Sing my song - The Christmas Concert Vol. 5	Music for Millions	11/23/2018	11/30/2018	21st	5
Pentatonix	The Best of Pentatonix Christmas	RCA Records	10/25/2019	December 27, 2019	95	1
Christoph Israel , Swonderful Orchestra & Catherine Larsen-Maguire	A winter fairy tale 2 - Christmas classics	panorama	11/08/2019	December 13, 2019	85	2
Robbie Williams	The Christmas Present	Columbia Records	11/22/2019	11/29/2019	1	7th
Different artists: Sing my song	Sing my song - The Christmas Party Vol. 6	Music for Millions	11/26/2019	11/29/2019	13	5

¹The Christmas EP of the Pet Shop Boys was placed in the single charts because of its short length.

List of the most commercially successful songs

The first Christmas carol that made it into the German single charts comes from the collaboration of Gerhard Wendland , the Waldo Favre Choir and Werner Müller with the RIAS dance orchestra . Her German adoption of White Christmas - entitled White Christmas - was released as a single in 1954 and hit the German single charts for the first time on December 1, 1955. Due to the fact that the single charts in Germany only existed since 1953, songs could not be placed in the charts in the period before. With the beginning of the download and streaming era, old Christmas classics such as Bing Crosby's White Christmas (1942) made it into the German single charts for the first time 65 years after its appearance, making it the oldest Christmas song that has made it into the German single charts. In the 2010s the number of Christmas carols increased steadily year after year. The climax came in 2018, thanks to downloads and music streaming , 54 Christmas carols were simultaneously in the top 100 singles. This clearly exceeded last year's record of 39 Christmas carols.

Since 1953, only four Christmas carols have made it to the top of the German charts. The first number-one hit could Boney M. with Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord land in the 1979th In 1984 the benefit project Band Aid made it with Do They Know It's Christmas? with the second Christmas single to the top of the chart. The third number one also comes from a Band Aid project. 30 years after the original, the German offshoot Band Aid 30 Germany succeeded with a German version of Do They Know It's Christmas? to the top of the German charts. 2019-25 years after its first appearance - managed All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey for the first time to the chart top. In addition to the four number one successes, a total of 21 Christmas carols made it into the top 10 , just the composition for Do They Know It's Christmas? made it into the top 10 in five different versions. A total of six different versions of the piece made it into the top 100, only the compositions for Last Christmas made it into the German single charts with seven different versions. On November 30, 2018, the original for Last Christmas made it into the German single charts for the 130th time, setting a new all-time record. No other single has been in the charts longer than this. Before that, Paul and Fritz Kalkbrenner held this record with Sky and Sand (129 weeks). The singer Michael Bublé reached the German single charts with six Christmas carols, more than any other performer.

So far, only six singles have demonstrably been honored with gold and platinum awards. Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You was recognized for over 750,000 units sold, making it the biggest selling Christmas single. In second place is Wham! S Last Christmas , which was awarded for 500,000 units sold. The best-selling German-language single comes from Ella Endlich , her adoption of Kiss me, hold me, love me from the film Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella was awarded for 150,000 units sold.

List of the most commercially successful Christmas carols in Germany

Performer (s)	title	Authors	First release	Chart information			Certified sales
				Started	placement	Weeks
Bing Crosby	White Christmas	Irving Berlin	xx.08.1942	12/21/2007	53	12
Frank Sinatra	Jingle Bells	James Lord Pierpont	04/11/1946	December 28, 2018	86	2
Frank Sinatra	Santa Claus is coming to town	John Frederick Coots , Haven Gillespie	04/10/1948	December 29, 2017	85	2
Frank Sinatra & The Swanson Quartet	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne	xx.xx.1950	December 28, 2018	73	2
Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters	It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas	Meredith Willson	xx.10.1951	December 28, 2018	90	1
Eartha Kitt with Henri René and His Orchestra	Santa baby	Joan Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer	10/02/1953	December 29, 2017	73	3
Gerhard Wendland with the Waldo Favre Choir & Werner Müller with the RIAS Dance Orchestra	White Christmas	Bruno Balz , Irving Berlin	xx.xx.1954	December 01, 1955	26th	4th
Bobby Helms	Jingle Bell Rock	Joe Beal, Jim Boothe	11/25/1957	07.12.2018	32	9
Brenda Lee	Rockin 'Around the Christmas Tree	Johnny Marks	11/17/1958	12/30/2016	26th	9
Dean Martin	Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer	Johnny Marks	xx.11.1959	02/01/2009	64	5
Dean Martin	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne	11/16/1959	12/21/2007	52	7th
Andy Williams	It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year	Edward Pola, George Wyle	10/14/1963	12/30/2016	40	5
Burl Ives	A Holly Jolly Christmas	Johnny Marks	xx.11.1964	December 28, 2018	96	1
Peter Alexander	Jingle Bells (sleigh ride)	Kurt Feltz , Hagen Galatis	xx.09.1965	December 15, 1965	38	2
José Feliciano	Feliz Navidad	José Feliciano	December 15, 1970	12/21/2007	15th	45
John & Yoko / Plastic Ono Band with the Harlem Community Choir	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John Lennon, Yoko Ono	December 01, 1971	02/05/1973	10	28
Elton John	Step into Christmas	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	11/23/1973	December 29, 2017	69	3
Slade	Merry Xmas Everybody	Noddy Holder, Jim Lea	December 07, 1973	December 24, 1973	4th	16
Boney M.	Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord	Frank Farian , Fred Jay , Jester Hairston, Hela Lorin	11/27/1978	December 11, 1978	1	14th
Eagles	Please Come Home for Christmas	Charles Brown , Gene Redd	11/27/1978	December 29, 2017	75	1
Paul McCartney	Wonderful Christmastime	Paul McCartney	11/16/1979	12/30/2016	12	13
Jonah Lewie	Stop the cavalry	Jonah Lewie	December 8, 1980	02/02/1981	2	29
Boney M.	Little drummer boy	Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, Harry Simeone	xx.11.1981	December 21, 1981	20th	4th
Goombay Dance Band	Christmas at Sea	Bernd Dietrich, Klaus Gehrke, Gerd Grabowski , Engelbert Simons	xx.11.1981	12/14/1981	22nd	5
trio	Turaluraluralu - I do BuBu what are you doing	Stephan Remmler , Kralle Krawinkel	xx.12.1983	December 19, 1983	6th	13
Queen	Thank God It's Christmas	Brian May , Roger Taylor	11/26/1984	January 14, 1985	16	18th
Band aid	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Bob Geldof , Midge Ure	11/28/1984	December 24, 1984	1	48	Gold (250,000+)
Leonard Cohen	Hallelujah	Leonard Cohen	xx.12.1984	11/18/2016	27	1
Frankie Goes to Hollywood	The Power of Love	Peter Gill , Holly Johnson , Brian Nash , Mark O'Toole	11/19/1984	12/17/1984	4th	32
Wham!	Last Christmas	George Michael	December 3rd, 1984	December 24, 1984	2	145	Platinum (500,000+)
Bruce Springsteen	Santa Claus is coming to town	John Frederick Coots , Haven Gillespie	11/21/1985	12/30/2016	83	3
Shakin 'Stevens	Merry Christmas Everyone	Bob Heatlie	11/25/1985	01/13/1986	7th	16
Hall & Oates	Jingle Bell Rock	Joe Beal, Jim Boothe	xx.12.1985	December 15, 2017	30th	5
Bryan Adams	Christmas time	Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance	xx.12.1985	01/13/1986	19th	12
Rolf Zuckowski	In the Christmas bakery	Rolf Zuckowski	October 19, 1987	December 21, 2012	38	14th
Cliff Richard	Mistletoe & Wine	Jeremy Paul, Leslie Stewart, Keith Strachan	11/21/1988	01/23/1989	70	1
Chris Rea	Driving Home for Christmas	Chris Rea	December 10, 1988	December 23, 2012	5	59
Band Aid II	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Bob Geldof , Midge Ure	12/11/1989	01/08/1990	74	1
The fantastic Four	Happy Holiday	Michael Beck , Thomas Dürr , Andreas Rieke , Michael B. Schmidt	xx.11.1991	12/14/1992	15th	8th
Mariah Carey	All I Want for Christmas Is You	Walter Afanasieff , Mariah Carey	11/01/1994	05.12.1994	1	71	3 × gold (750,000+)
Worlds Apart	When It's Christmas Time	Frank Lio , N-Dee	xx.11.1995	12/11/1995	38	4th
Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo	This Christmas	Charly Lownoise , Mental Theo	11/20/1995	December 04, 1995	30th	5
Los del Río	Macarena Christmas	Antonio Romero Monge, Rafael Ruíz Perdigones	11/08/1996	01/06/1997	84	1
Backstreet Boys	Christmas time	Veit Renn, Joe Smith, Johnny Wright	11/25/1996	December 28, 2018	87	1
The red roses	Santa Claus from the roof	Campino , Andreas von Holst	11/16/1998	11/30/1998	39	6th
Rap Allstars feat. Leroy Daniels	Last Christmas	George Michael	11/23/1998	07/12/1998	24	5
* NSYNC	Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays	JC Chasez , Vincent Degiorgio, Veit Renn, Justin Timberlake	11/29/1998	December 29, 2017	57	3
Oral stool	Dragan & Alder Christmas Medley	Lars Niedereichholz, Andreas Werner	11/22/1999	12/06/1999	5	12
Floret	Under the Christmas tree	Ulf Krüger , Paralyzer, Zepp Oberpichler	12/06/1999	12/20/1999	31	3
Ö La Paloma Boys	Ö Christmas tree	Melchior Franck	11/26/1999	12/13/1999	74	3
Audrey Hannah	It's December (And I'll Be Missing You)	Thomas Hubert Kopp, Mihalj Kekenj	11/29/1999	12/13/1999	27	11
Britney Spears	My Only Wish (This Year)	Brian Kierulf, Josh Schwartz, Britney Spears	11/14/2000	December 25, 2015	33	10
Kylie Minogue	Santa baby	Joan Javits, Philip Springer, Tony Springer	12/11/2000	December 28, 2018	60	2
Melanie Thornton	Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming)	Rich Airis, Terry Coffey, Mitchell Lennox, Ben Naftali, Julien Nairolf, Jon Nettlesbey, Scott Temper, Melanie Thornton	11/24/2001	12/10/2001	3	119	Gold (250,000+)
The young tenors	A Christmas trip	Mario Argandona, Georg Gabler	12/03/2001	12/17/2001	74	3
Passion Fruit	I'm Dreaming of… A Winter Wonderland	Michel du Clais, Thomas Hubert Kopp, Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen	12/03/2001	12/17/2001	75	4th
Bro'Sis	The Gift	Anders Bagge , Arnthor Birgisson, Dane Deviller, Sean Hosein	12/09/2002	12/23/2002	16	9
TV all stars	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Bob Geldof , Midge Ure	11/24/2003	12/08/2003	3	7th	Gold (150,000+)
Michael Bublé	Let It Snow!	Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne	11/25/2003	12/23/2005	35	8th
Stephanie D. & Patrick King	Everytime It's Christmas	-	11/29/2004	12/13/2004	99	1
Band Aid 20	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Bob Geldof , Midge Ure	11/29/2004	12/13/2004	7th	13
Banaroo	Coming Home for Christmas	Timo Hohnholz, Carsten Wegener	11/11/2005	11/25/2005	8th	15th
Sarah Connor	Christmas in My Heart	Kay Denarius, Rob Tyger	11/25/2005	12/09/2005	4th	12
Schnappi	Jing! Jingling! The Christmas Schnappi!	Rosita Blissenbach, John D. Marks	11/25/2005	12/09/2005	17th	6th
Scala & Kolacny Brothers	Last Christmas	George Michael	12/09/2005	12/23/2005	96	3
Oomph!	The Power of Love	Peter Gill , Holly Johnson , Brian Nash , Mark O'Toole	11/17/2006	12/01/2006	54	9
Sarah Connor	The best side of life	Jojo HF, Marc Lennard	11/24/2006	December 8, 2006	4th	23
The Toggo 5	My wish for Christmas	Wolfgang Boss , Reinhard Raith , Nicole Tyler	11/27/2006	December 8, 2006	12	6th
Ch! Pz	Christmas Time Is Here	Nick Manic, Tom Nichols, Ziggy	12/01/2006	12/15/2006	73	4th
Earth furniture	Christmas (Last Christmas)	Markus Berges , George Michael	12/01/2006	12/22/2006	84	3
Sido	Christmas song	Beathoavenz , Sido Gold	12/01/2006	12/22/2006	34	15th
Jeff Buckley	Hallelujah	Leonard Cohen	05/21/2007	December 21, 2012	38	8th
Cascada	Last Christmas	George Michael	11/21/2007	12/21/2007	82	2
Michael Wendler	I think about Christmas	Mic Skowy (Michael Wendler)	11/28/2008	12/12/2008	50	3
Ella Finally	kiss Me, hold me, love me	Marc Hiller, Vladimir Kocandrle, Karel Svoboda	11/27/2009	12/11/2009	12	59	Gold (150,000+)
George Michael	December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)	David Austin, George Michael	December 14, 2009	December 25, 2009	37	2
Train	Shake Up Christmas	Butch Walker, Pat Monahan	11/01/2010	December 17, 2010	24	8th
Fabian book	Merry, Merry Christmas	-	11/12/2010	11/26/2010	73	6th
Coldplay	Christmas lights	Guy Berryman , Jonny Buckland , Will Champion , Chris Martin	December 01, 2010	December 17, 2010	26th	11
Hurts	All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day	Adam Anderson, Theo Hutchcraft	12/13/2010	December 29, 2017	76	2
Justin Bieber	Mistletoe	Nasri Atweh , Justin Bieber, Adam Messinger	10/17/2011	11/25/2011	28	12
Michael Bublé	A Holly Jolly Christmas	Johnny Marks	October 24, 2011	December 28, 2018	69	2
Michael Bublé	Santa Claus is coming to town	J. Fred Coots , Haven Gillespie	October 24, 2011	December 28, 2018	66	2
Michael Bublé & Shania Twain	White Christmas	Irving Berlin	October 24, 2011	12/22/2017	35	4th
Michael Bublé	All I Want for Christmas Is You	Walter Afanasieff , Mariah Carey	11/16/2011	December 27, 2019	80	1
Matthias Reim	Last Christmas	Joachim Horn-Bernges, George Michael , Matthias Reim	11/18/2011	December 09, 2011	99	1
Menowin	Waiting for Christmas	Menowin Fröhlich, Tom Marquardt, Thomas Leite Pereira	11/18/2011	12/02/2011	27	5
Natasha Bedingfield	Shake Up Christmas 2011	Andrew Bloch, Edmond Dunne, Pat Monahan , Butch Walker	11/28/2011	01/06/2012	92	1
Michael Bublé	It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas	Meredith Willson	11/18/2012	02/01/2015	14th	15th
Y-titty	Feast of love	Phillipp Laude , Emanuel Uch	11/30/2012	12/14/2012	27	4th
Michael Bublé	White Christmas	Irving Berlin	December 10, 2012	December 27, 2019	39	1
The Ronettes	Sleigh ride	Leroy Anderson , Mitchell Parish	10/12/2013	December 28, 2018	75	2
Kelly Clarkson	Underneath the Tree	Kelly Clarkson, Greg Kurstin	05/11/2013	December 29, 2017	22nd	9
Leona Lewis	Winter wonderland	Felix Bernard , Richard B. Smith	11/29/2013	December 28, 2018	98	1
Band Aid 30	Do They Know It's Christmas?	Bob Geldof , Midge Ure	11/17/2014	11/28/2014	2	11
Band Aid 30 Germany	Do They Know It's Christmas? (German version)	Andreas Frege , Bob Geldof , Marten Laciny , Thees Uhlmann , Midge Ure , Sebastian Wehlings	11/21/2014	04/12/2014	1	5
Meghan Trainor	I'll be home	Meghan Trainor	11/24/2014	December 29, 2017	45	3
Ariana Grande	Santa tell me	Ariana Grande, Savan Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh	11/24/2014	December 08, 2017	11	13
Drauf feat. Alina Merkau & Matthias Killing	Christmas time (someone finds your house)	Sebastian Fabick, Jens Lühmann	December 01, 2014	December 18, 2014	73	1
Xavier Naidoo	Hallelujah	Leonard Cohen	05/12/2014	December 18, 2014	27	3
Sandra Nasić	Last Christmas	George Michael	05/12/2014	December 25, 2014	93	1
Sam Smith	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Ralph Blane , Hugh Martin	December 06, 2014	December 29, 2017	41	4th
Pentatonix	Hallelujah	Leonard Cohen	10/21/2016	11/11/2016	4th	23
Gwen Stefani feat. Blake Shelton	You Make It Feel Like Christmas	busbee, Blake Shelton , Gwen Stefani, Justin Tranter	09/22/2017	December 29, 2017	53	3
Kelly Clarkson	Christmas Eve	Kelly Clarkson, Jason Halbert	October 20, 2017	December 29, 2017	64	2
Sia	Santa's Coming for Us	Sia Furler, Greg Kurstin	10/30/2017	December 29, 2017	50	3
The Kingdom Choir feat. Camélia Jordana & Namika	Holidays are coming	Rich Airis, Terry Coffey, Mitchell Lennox, Ben Naftali, Julien Nairolf, Jon Nettlesbey, Melanie Thornton	11/09/2018	December 28, 2018	99	2
Bayern 3 feat. The Münchner Rundfunkorchester & Christina Stürmer	(I wish you) great moments	-	11/21/2018	11/30/2018	69	2
Mark Ronson & Miley Cyrus & feat. Sean Ono Lennon	Happy Xmas (War Is Over)	John Lennon , Yoko Ono	December 14, 2018	December 28, 2018	46	1
Katy Perry	Cozy Little Christmas	Ferras Alqaisi, Katy Perry, Greg Wells	11/01/2019	December 27, 2019	88	1
Jonas Brothers	Like it's Christmas	Jason Evigan, Joe Jonas , Kevin Jonas , Nick Jonas , Gian Stone, Annika Wells, Freddy Wexler	11/08/2019	December 27, 2019	74	1
Robbie Williams	Time for change	Karl Brazil, Guy Chambers , Tom Longworth, Robbie Williams	11/22/2019	December 27, 2019	89	1

List of the most commercially successful video albums

The most successful video album - with Christmas content - comes from the German rock band Die Toten Hosen . Their double DVD On behalf of the Lord / We are waiting for Christkind was able to place itself in the official German album charts as the only video album with Christmas content. Besides Christmas in Family Vol. 1, it is the only video album that received a record award. In 2009, On behalf of the Lord / We are waiting for Christkind was awarded a platinum record by the BVMI, making it the best-selling video album with Christmas content.

List of the most commercially successful Christmas video albums in Germany

Performer (s)	title	Music label	First release	Chart information			Certified sales
				Started	placement	Weeks
The dead pants	On behalf of the Lord / We are waiting for the Christ Child	JKP / Warner Music	10/13/2003	03/11/2003	43	3	Platinum (50,000+)
Frank Schöbel & Aurora Lacasa with their children Odette & Dominique	Christmas in Family Vol. 1	Monopoly Records	11/02/2007	-	-	-	Gold (25,000+)

Web links

Authors and authors cover.info discogs.com gema.de Charts chartsurfer.de officialcharts.de

Discography 45cat.com discogs.com musik-sammler.de rateyourmusic.com Gold and platinum awards musikindustrie.de

Individual evidence

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