Taylor Swift photo courtesy of Big Machine Records.
November 28, 2007 — A handful of country stations have already flipped to an all-Christmas format, joining a trend of early adopters initiated several years ago by adult-contemporary stations, Country Aircheck reports.
Even the scores of country stations that haven't jumped in the yuletide deep end are jingling their bells several times an hour. Here's a list of the most-played current Christmas music over the four-day holiday weekend (November 22-25), led by Taylor Swift's "White Christmas."
Top 25 Current Christmas Songs
1. Taylor Swift/Last Christmas (Big Machine)
2. Kellie Pickler/Santa Baby (BNA)
3. Carrie Underwood/Do You Hear What I Hear? (BNA)
4. Brad Paisley/Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Arista)
5. Little Big Town/Go Tell It On The Mountain (Equity)
6. Toby Keith/Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (Show Dog)
7. Brad Paisley/Winter Wonderland (RCA)
8. Taylor Swift/Santa Baby (Big Machine)
9. Brad Paisley/Born On Christmas Day (Arista)
10. Toby Keith/Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (Show Dog)
11. Toby Keith/Please Come Home For Christmas (Show Dog)
12. Taylor Swift/White Christmas (Big Machine)
13. Toby Keith/Winter Wonderland (Show Dog)
14. Keith Anderson/Please Come Home For Christmas (Arista)
15. George Strait/Deck The Halls (Hallmark)
16. Carter's Chord/Santa Baby (Show Dog)
17. Brad Paisley/Silver Bells (Arista)
18. Jack Ingram/Jingle Bells (iTunes Acoustic) (Big Machine)
19. George Strait/We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Hallmark)
20. Sara Evans/I'll Be Home For Christmas (BNA)
21. Taylor Swift/Christmases When You Were Mine (Big Machine)
22. Sugarland/Nuttin' For Christmas (Mercury)
23. Taylor Swift/Silent Night (Big Machine)
24. George Strait/Jingle Bells (Hallmark)
25. Brad Paisley/I'll Be Home For Christmas (Arista)