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Mariah Carey Season
An Interactive Visualization of the Top Christmas Songs
So, what is Mariah Carey Season?
People love Christmas music! You've probably heard of Mariah's hit song, All I want For Christmas is You, one of the most famous Christmas songs of all time! Every winter, that song tops the charts.
In creating this project, we wanted to visualize the top Christmas songs from the 1950s through 2017, as well as the artists behind the classic hits.
What are the top Christmas songs? Who are the top artists? What words make a staple Christmas jingle? Let's find out!
What are the top songs on the Billboard Chart?
Each bubble represents a song, sized according to its peak Billboard position reached (bigger = better!). Some songs appeared on the chart multiple times over the years and have more than one bubble.
Hover over each song bubble to see its title, performer, and album art!
Click through each button to see how many weeks the top songs spent on the Billboard chart, the number of times they appeared, and the decades they topped.
Now that we've thoroughly explored the top Christmas music of the late 1950s through 2017, let's take a look at the years where they were most successful, starting with your birth-year!
What was the top Christmas song on your birthday?
Nothing is as magical as one's birthday. Can you guess what the top Christmas song was in your birth-year?
For instance, "All I Want For Christmas is You" was
the most popular song in 2017.
Enter your birth-year (or any other year!) to see its top song.
Now that we've explored the top songs through the years, let's take a look at the artists who created them and where they're from. Aka...the birthplaces of Christmas!
Where are the top Christmas artists from?
Press 'PLAY' to start the globe's rotation, then press 'PAUSE' to click on a point and read more about the artist who was born there!
Most artists who created the top Christmas songs are from North America, but a handful have come from Europe and even India!
We've learned about the artists who define Christmas. Now let's dive in and explore the words that define Christmas!
The #1 most frequently used word from
's Billboard 100 Christmas hits was
. It was used
time(s)
throughout all the Billboard song appearances.
Type in a word to see its frequency
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Now that we've explored the words artists have used to describe Christmas, allow us to write you your very own Christmas Jingle, courtesy of Rodney the Reindeer. Rodney is our in-house machine learning Reindeer. He's been trained on Christmas classics, and he can now write his very own Christmas hits. He's still very young, so he makes mistakes at times, but Rodney is training everyday to learn the ropes of jolly songwriting.
Create your own unique Christmas Jingle
(Click on Rodney to have him write a fully original Christmas Jingle, unique just for you! He won't
write the same song twice, so take a picture once you get a jingle you like!)
Generate
your
unique
jingle...
How this works
We trained a long short-term memory machine learning model using the lyrics of
Billboard 100 Christmas hits from 1958-2017. When you click Rodney, the model takes time
to build a new song, word by word, based on the styles of the Billboard hits.
This project isn't called 'Mariah Carey Season' for no reason.
Christmas is Mariah's holiday and we're just living in her world.
"All I Want For Christmas is You" by Mariah Carey has been the top Christmas song for the past 7 years, since 2013. Let's see how it compares to others!
How Popular is 'All I want for Christmas is You'?
The phenomenon is most interesting to track in December.
It slowly climbs through the charts and amasses streams, peaking on December 24th.
Hover over the visualizations to see details
Streams over December 2017
Here we compare Mariah's streams with other popular Christmas songs
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Oh well, there is no doubt that Mariah is the Queen of Christmas.
Let us wish you Happy Holidays with the season's most emblematic song.
About Us
It couldn't have been finished without the incredible mentorship and teaching done by the staff, as well as our friends and Sara's mom, who provided many design suggestions! Thank you all!
Methods
All I Want for Christmas is...data
Christmas Music Billboards