Top Christian Christmas Songs and Hymns

Christmas hymns have been around as long as Christmas has been celebrated (the first recorded celebration of Christmas is December 25, 336). in the beginning Christians marked the holiday by singing hymns, not carols. Hymns are more solemn, religious songs, while carols were considered dances accompanied by music. Here are songs from popular pop, rock, country, R&B, and contemporary Christian artists to help you celebrate the birth of the Saviour. Example: 🠞

1. Silent Night - Susan Boyle
2. O Holy Night - Tevin Campbell
3. Away In a Manger - Andy Williams
4. The Little Drummer Boy - Harry Simeone Chorale
5. Do You Hear What I Hear? - Bing Crosby
6. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - The Sweeplings
7. Hark! the Herald Angels Sing - Amy Grant
6. What Child Is This? - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
9. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Nat "King" Cole
10. Joy to the World - Celtic Woman
11. O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) - Chris Tomlin
12. Away In a Manger - St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
13. The First Noel - Frank Sinatra
14. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three Kings - Barenaked Ladies featuring Sarah McLachlan
15. Mary, Did You Know? - Kathy Mattea
16. The Holly and the Ivy - Annie Lennox
17. What Child Is This? - Josh Groban
18. Now Behold the Lamb - Kirk Franklin & The Family
19. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Norah Jones
20. Unto Us - Matthew West
21. Ding Dong Merrily On High - The Chieftains, The Renaissance Singers & David Drinkel
22. Go Tell It On the Mountain - Mahalia Jackson
23. I Wonder As I Wander - Harry Connick, Jr.
24. Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte
25. Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Andy Williams
26. We Three Kings - Celtic Woman
27. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - Casting Crowns
28. I Saw Three Ships - Sting
29. Who Would Imagine a King - Whitney Houston featuring The Nativity Choir from "the Preacher's Wife"
30. Love Came Down At Christmas - Jars of Clay
31. Ellens Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. 52, No. 6, D. 839, "Hymne an die Jungfrau" - Ingrid Kertesi, Laszlo Kovacs, & Camerata Budapest
32. As With Gladness Men of Old - The Choir Of Tewkesbury Abbey School
33. Good King Wenceslas - Loreena McKennitt
34. Coventry Carol - King's College Choir, Cambridge & Sir David Willcocks
35. I Heard the Bells On Christmas Day - Casting Crowns
36. The Virgin Mary Had One Son - Josh Garrels
37. Gabriel's Message - Jars of Clay
38. Mary's Boy Child - Sissel
39. Born This Day - Yolanda Adams
40. Good Christian Men, Rejoice - The Royal Philharmoninc Orchestra & Chorus

Also check out our other Top Song lists. These have no particular ranking, they're just some of our favorite songs.