Italian Charts – Marco Mengoni – White Christmas (song)". Italiancharts.com. Hung Medien . Retrieved December 21, 2012. os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. December 30, 2022 . Retrieved December 31, 2022.

September – Elton John performs " Candle in the Wind" at the Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales; John Tavener's Song for Athene is performed at the same ceremony, with soprano Lynne Dawson as soloist.

September – Release of Elton John's Candle in the Wind remade as a charity tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. This will be the second best-selling single worldwide of all time " White Christmas" was the first). Best-selling Christmas albums (using RIAA certifications and Nielsen SoundScan sales through November 2016) [ edit ] Produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is notable for being the first to be released in VistaVision, a widescreen process developed by Paramount that entailed using twice the surface area of standard 35mm film; this large-area negative was also used to yield finer-grained standard-sized 35mm prints. [4] Plot [ edit ] Crowther, Bosley (October 15, 1954). "The Screen in Review". The New York Times . Retrieved January 26, 2016. a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.188. ISBN 0-89820-161-6.

In 2020, a version by Meghan Trainor, featuring Seth MacFarlane, went to No. 1 on Billboard 's Adult Contemporary chart. [116] See also [ edit ] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.195. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. The song "What Can You Do with a General?" was originally written for an un-produced project called Stars on My Shoulders.RIAA Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2013-02-25 . Retrieved 2011-11-02. Jones, Kenneth (November 22, 2005). "Snow in L.A.! Irving Berlin's White Christmas Begins Nov. 22 in City of Angels". Playbill. Archived from the original on December 27, 2008. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.49. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. December – Composers Richard Rodney Bennett and Elton John are among those receiving knighthoods in the New Year's Honours List.

Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.48. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. Arneel, Gene (January 5, 1955). " '54 Dream Pic: 'White Xmas' ". Variety. p.5 . Retrieved June 28, 2019– via Internet Archive. Tinee, Mae (November 5, 1954). "Crosby Film is as Light as Yule Bauble". Chicago Daily Tribune . Retrieved November 2, 2023. Bing Crosby / John Scott Trotter Orchestra / The Ken Darby Singers – White Christmas". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved June 9, 2019.Whitburn, Joel (2004). Christmas in the Charts (1920–2004). Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p.62. ISBN 0-89820-161-6. Pareles, John (11 January 1997). "Once More the Outsider, David Bowie Turns 50". The New York Times . Retrieved 18 April 2008. Fyodor from Denver, CoCristin, Candle In The Wind WAS originally written about Marilyn Monroe, but when Pincess Di died, John did a new version as a tribute to her, and that's the version that sold so much it surpassed White Christmas.

a b c d e f g h i j k Keith Caulfield (November 24, 2016). "What Are the Top-Selling Christmas Albums of All Time?". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved November 24, 2016. WHITE CHRISTMAS (U)". British Board of Film Classification. September 13, 1954 . Retrieved December 4, 2014.

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There’s no doubting it, though. Head and shoulders above everyone is Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas.” The Billboard Music Popularity Chart (week ending December 10, 1942)". The Billboard. December 19, 1942. p.25. Hart, Martin (1996). "The Development of VistaVision: Paramount Marches to a Different Drummer". Widescreen Museum . Retrieved May 7, 2016. The Spice Girls' album Spice reaches number one on the US charts, making them the first British act to top the charts with a debut album. The best-selling Christmas album of 1956 was Merry Christmas from Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music, by Lawrence Welk.