White Christmas (song)
Bing Crosby's version is the world's best-selling physical single.
Introduced by Bing Crosby, it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards and became the world's best-selling single in terms of physical media sales, with estimated sales in excess of 50 million physical copies worldwide.
- songwriter
- Irving Berlin
- best_selling_single
- World's best-selling single (physical media), over 50 million copies
Lore & Background
Its mix of melancholy and comforting images resonated strongly with listeners during World War II, and the Armed Forces Network was flooded with requests.
Reader's Guide
"White Christmas" established that commercially successful secular Christmas songs were possible, written by a Jewish immigrant to the United States. The song changed Christmas music forever by revealing the huge potential market and establishing themes of home and nostalgia. evacuation from Saigon.
Did You Know?
- Crosby's version is the world's best-selling single, with estimated sales of over 50 million physical copies.
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