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Mariah or Bublé? This Christmas hit has emitted the MOST carbon through Spotify streams!

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Mariah or Bublé? This Christmas hit has emitted the MOST carbon through Spotify streams!

From Wham! to Mariah, Christmas songs are key to getting into the holiday spirit, with some people choosing to stream their festive favourites weeks before the big day arrives. With the climate crisis being more prominent on our agendas than ever before, Uswitch.com/gas-electricity were, therefore, curious to uncover the environmental cost of the world’s most popular Christmas songs. After investigating the carbon emissions of over 200 tunes based on Spotify data such as play count, duration, and the total number of streams, they can now reveal all!  We kindly ask that if this data is of use to you, you provide a link to: https://www.uswitch.com/gas-electricity/the-songs-that-have-caused-the-most-carbon-emissions/ who conducted the research.  The results:  # 	  Song 	  Artist 	  Number of streams 	  Total carbon emissions (tonnes) 	  Trees needed annually  1 	  All I Want for Christmas Is You 	  Mariah Carey 	  956,408,188 	  3,523 	  146,791  2 	  Last Christmas 	  Wham! 	  724,239,914 	  2,910 	  121,233  3 	  Santa Tell Me 	  Ariana Grande 	  545,696,227 	  1,702 	  70,897  4 	  It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas 	  Michael Bublé 	  505,760,317 	  1,597 	  66,528  5 	  The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) 	  Nat King Cole 	  450,820,285 	  1,324 	  55,146  6 	  Mistletoe 	  Justin Bieber 	  424,538,415 	  1,187 	  49,474  7 	  Do They Know It's Christmas? - 1984 Version 	  Band Aid 20 	  338,777,566 	  1,152 	  47,991  8 	  Driving Home for Christmas 	  Chris Rea 	  277,291,900 	  1,018 	  42,402  9 	  Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl) 	  The Pogues 	  237,622,170 	  989 	  41,214  10 	  Underneath the Tree 	  Kelly Clarkson 	  279,909,143 	  982 	  40,918  11 	  It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 	  Andy Williams 	  413,697,127 	  960 	  40,011  12 	  Wonderful Christmastime - Edited Version / Remastered 2011 	  Paul McCartney 	  256,451,273 	  892 	  37,164  13 	  Jingle Bell Rock 	  Bobby Helms 	  420,452,769 	  841 	  35,055  14 	  Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 	  Brenda Lee 	  426,666,094 	  823 	  34,294  15 	  Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 	  Frank Sinatra 	  317,338,936 	  752 	  31,329  Uswitch.com/gas-electricity/ can reveal that Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You has the highest carbon footprint, after emitting a total of 3,523 tonnes of carbon. With an immense 956,408,188 total streams, 146,791 trees would need to be planted to compensate for the emissions, 256% more trees than Fairytale of New York (The Pogues), which has emitted the ninth highest amount of carbon compared to all Christmas songs analysed.  In second place is Wham’s! hit – Last Christmas. With the second highest number of streams (724,239,914) of all Christmas songs analysed, the classic has emitted 2,910 tonnes of carbon to date and would need 121,233 trees to compensate for the emissions. In comparison, the 1984 hit by George Michael’s band needs 362% more trees than Elton John’s Step into Christmas (26,277 trees), which was released 11 years prior.  Third place is pop-star Ariana Grande, and her Christmas hit ‘Santa Tell Me’ - with a total of 1,702 tonnes of carbon emitted so far. With 545,696,227 streams to date, the 2014 hit needs 70,987 trees to compensate for the emissions, 73% more trees than fellow pop-star Kelly Clarkson and her hit ‘Underneath the Tree’, which has emitted 982 tonnes of carbon to date, and needs 40,918 trees to compensate.  Fourth place is Mr Christmas himself, Michael Bublé, and his cover of ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’. So far, the song has emitted a staggering 1,597 tonnes of carbon, which is 202% more than his hit ‘Holly Jolly Christmas’ which also makes the list down in 21st place. In total, ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’ would need 66,528 trees annually to compensate for the emissions so far, 202% more than ‘Holly Jolly Christmas’ (22,014 trees).  Justin Bieber comes in sixth place  Released in 2011, Justin Bieber’s Christmas hit ‘Mistletoe’ places sixth with 1,187 tonnes of carbon emitted so far. In total, this means 49,474 trees are needed annually to make up for the emissions. In comparison, this equals 48% less trees needed than those for his current top 100 hit with Kid Laroi – STAY – which has emitted 2,311 tonnes of carbon, needing 96,315 trees to compensate.  Just behind Bieber in seventh is Band Aid’s charity song, ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ which has achieved 338,777,566 streams to date. In total, the 1984 hit has released 1,152 tonnes of carbon, and would need 47,991 trees to compensate for the emissions.

From Wham! to Mariah, Christmas songs are key to getting into the holiday spirit, with some people choosing to stream their festive favourites weeks before the big day arrives. With the climate crisis being more prominent on our agendas than ever before, Uswitch.com/gas-electricity were, therefore, curious to uncover the environmental cost of the world’s most popular Christmas songs. After investigating the carbon emissions of over 200 tunes based on Spotify data such as play count, duration, and the total number of streams, they can now reveal all!

The results:

#

Song

Artist

Number of streams

Total carbon emissions (tonnes)

Trees needed annually

1

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Mariah Carey

956,408,188

3,523

146,791

2

Last Christmas

Wham!

724,239,914

2,910

121,233

3

Santa Tell Me

Ariana Grande

545,696,227

1,702

70,897

4

It's Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas

Michael Bublé

505,760,317

1,597

66,528

5

The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)

Nat King Cole

450,820,285

1,324

55,146

6

Mistletoe

Justin Bieber

424,538,415

1,187

49,474

7

Do They Know It's Christmas? - 1984 Version

Band Aid 20

338,777,566

1,152

47,991

8

Driving Home for Christmas

Chris Rea

277,291,900

1,018

42,402

9

Fairytale of New York (feat. Kirsty MacColl)

The Pogues

237,622,170

989

41,214

10

Underneath the Tree

Kelly Clarkson

279,909,143

982

40,918

11

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Andy Williams

413,697,127

960

40,011

12

Wonderful Christmastime - Edited Version / Remastered 2011

Paul McCartney

256,451,273

892

37,164

13

Jingle Bell Rock

Bobby Helms

420,452,769

841

35,055

14

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree

Brenda Lee

426,666,094

823

34,294

15

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Frank Sinatra

317,338,936

752

31,329

Uswitch.com/gas-electricity/ can reveal that Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You has the highest carbon footprint, after emitting a total of 3,523 tonnes of carbon. With an immense 956,408,188 total streams, 146,791 trees would need to be planted to compensate for the emissions, 256% more trees than Fairytale of New York (The Pogues), which has emitted the ninth highest amount of carbon compared to all Christmas songs analysed.

In second place is Wham’s! hit – Last Christmas. With the second highest number of streams (724,239,914) of all Christmas songs analysed, the classic has emitted 2,910 tonnes of carbon to date and would need 121,233 trees to compensate for the emissions. In comparison, the 1984 hit by George Michael’s band needs 362% more trees than Elton John’s Step into Christmas (26,277 trees), which was released 11 years prior.

Third place is pop-star Ariana Grande, and her Christmas hit ‘Santa Tell Me’ - with a total of 1,702 tonnes of carbon emitted so far. With 545,696,227 streams to date, the 2014 hit needs 70,987 trees to compensate for the emissions, 73% more trees than fellow pop-star Kelly Clarkson and her hit ‘Underneath the Tree’, which has emitted 982 tonnes of carbon to date, and needs 40,918 trees to compensate.

Fourth place is Mr Christmas himself, Michael Bublé, and his cover of ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’. So far, the song has emitted a staggering 1,597 tonnes of carbon, which is 202% more than his hit ‘Holly Jolly Christmas’ which also makes the list down in 21st place. In total, ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’ would need 66,528 trees annually to compensate for the emissions so far, 202% more than ‘Holly Jolly Christmas’ (22,014 trees).

Justin Bieber comes in sixth place

Released in 2011, Justin Bieber’s Christmas hit ‘Mistletoe’ places sixth with 1,187 tonnes of carbon emitted so far. In total, this means 49,474 trees are needed annually to make up for the emissions. In comparison, this equals 48% less trees needed than those for his current top 100 hit with Kid Laroi – STAY – which has emitted 2,311 tonnes of carbon, needing 96,315 trees to compensate.

Just behind Bieber in seventh is Band Aid’s charity song, ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ which has achieved 338,777,566 streams to date. In total, the 1984 hit has released 1,152 tonnes of carbon, and would need 47,991 trees to compensate for the emissions.



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