Your top ten xmas favorites again this year

“Sleigh Ride” to the top.

Stations are still flipping to the all-holiday format, but so far ASCAP says “Sleigh Ride” is the most-played song on radio from its catalog. Since October 1 the song by various artists has aired 64,317 times according to Mediaguide. It was the top holiday track last year too.

1. "Sleigh Ride" – played 64,317 times
Written by Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish
Most popular artist version performed by Leroy Anderson

2. "Winter Wonderland" – played 54,741 times
Written by Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
Most popular artist version performed by Eurythmics

3. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" – played 50,796 times
Written by Mel Tormé, Robert Wells
Most popular artist version performed by Nat King Cole

4. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" – played 49,509 times
Written by Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne
Most popular artist version performed by Dean Martin

5. "Jingle Bell Rock" – played 47,100 times
Written by Joseph Carleton Beal, James Ross Boothe
Most popular artist version performed by Bobby Helms

6."It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" – played 46,492 times
Written by Edward Pola, George Wyle
Most popular artist version performed by Andy Williams

7."Do You Hear What I Hear?" – played 41,633 times
Written by Gloria Shayne Baker, Noël Regney
Most popular artist version performed by Whitney Houston

8. "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" – played 39,885 times
Written by Meredith Willson
Most popular artist version performed by Bing Crosby

9. "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" – played 38,395 times
Written by Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin
Most popular artist version performed by The Carpenters

10. "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" – played 37,266 times
Written by Johnny Marks
Most popular artist version performed by Gene Autry

The list represents an aggregation of all different artist versions of each cited holiday song played on radio from 10/1/11 through 11/28/11. The holiday song data was tracked by the radio airplay monitoring service Mediaguide from over 2,500 radio stations nationwide.