Brenda Lee’s ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ Tops Hot 100 Chart

Brenda Lee lastly has one other #1 hit on her arms — and it is the vacation traditional she cranked out greater than 6 many years in the past … which lastly topped a significant chart all these years later.

The songstress’ well-known ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ topped Billboard’s Hot 100 checklist Monday, simply in time for the vacations. Should you can consider it, this music has by no means reached No. 1 earlier than this — and it first bought launched waaaay again in 1958.

Now, ‘RATCT’ is the preferred music this week … which is a large milestone clearly. We also needs to observe, the benchmark reached immediately has been a very long time coming — particularly not too long ago.

As with many issues, BL’s famed music grew in reputation because it bought older … and it has been hitting particularly onerous these previous few years. Beginning in 2019, ‘Rockin’ Around’ started peaking on the Hot 100 at #2, and it stayed that method (round this time of 12 months) for 3 years straight.

In the end … the music has damaged via and develop into #1, beating out Mariah Carey‘s beast of a Christmas music — plus all the opposite hit singles out proper now. BTW, that is Brenda’s third #1 single … she hit no. 1 twice in 1960 with a pair ditties from again then.

Humorous sufficient, Brenda remains to be singing this beloved traditional even immediately … together with on airplanes.