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Mariah Carey no longer has most-played Christmas song
The pop diva’s holiday tune is no longer number one
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After 20 years, Mariah Carey’s classic Christmas hit “All I Want for Christmas is You” is no longer the most played holiday song in retail stores.
According to PlayNetwork, a company specializing in “branded entertainment media,” the 1994 song has been dethroned by The Shins’ cover of Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmas Time.” Carey’s hit has now slipped to number two.
Sam Smith’s version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” also made it in at number 15.
However, “All I Want for Christmas is You” is still number one on the Billboard Holiday 100.
The complete list of PlayNetwork’s most played holiday songs is below.
1. The Shins, “Wonderful Christmastime”
2. Mariah Carey, “All I Want For Christmas Is You”
3. Christina Aguilera, “Christmas Time”
4. Waitresses, “Christmas Wrapping”
5. Jack Johnson, “Someday At Christmas”
6. Kelly Clarkson, “Underneath The Tree”
7. Michael Buble, “A Holly Jolly Christmas”
8. Bing Crosby, “White Christmas”
9. Train, “What Christmas Means To Me”
10. Ella Fitzgerald, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
11. Coldplay, “Christmas Lights”
12. Jose Feliciano, “Feliz Navidad”
13. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, “White Christmas”
14. Vince Guaraldi Trio, “Christmas Time Is Here”
15. Sam Smith, “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”
16. Pentatonix, “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)”
17. Paul McCartney, “Wonderful Christmastime”
18. She & Him, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”
19. Elvis Presley, “Blue Christmas”
20. Darlene Love, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”
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This John Waters interview has been edited for readability — but perhaps not human decency
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By WESLEY CASE | At 80 years old, John Waters is still the ideal dinner guest — incisively sharp, quick-witted and funny as hell.
The chic Baltimore native proved it again and again in a recent Zoom interview, calling from his summer home in Provincetown, Mass.
The occasion was the Blu-ray releases of two of his movies — the 1977 dark comedy “Desperate Living” and his enduring 1988 musical “Hairspray” — on June 23 by the Criterion Collection, which publishes restorations of films it deems culturally important. The Criterion stamp of approval has become the gold standard among cinephiles.
“It’s like getting an award,” said Waters, who wrote and directed both films.
The rest of this article can be read on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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(Washington Blade photos by Landon Shackelford)
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(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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