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Brenda Lee's holiday classic "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in its 65-year history. It's actually her third No. 1 single (with 35 million streams and 21 million radio impressions last week) but the singer's first since 1960. It's also only the third seasonal song to reach No. 1, along with Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "The Chipmunk Song" by the Chipmunks. ...

The three most commonly streamed holiday songs last year were Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” and Bobby Helm’s “Jingle Bell Rock,” according to the analytics platform Luminate. People, we can do better. Much better.

Here are 12 new tinsel tracks to rock around your tree this Christmas.

Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" tops the Billboard Hot 100 this week, 65 years after the now 78-year-old Ms. Lee recorded it.

Music legend Brenda Lee will turn 79 on December 11, and she'll have a lot to celebrate: Her classic holiday song "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" has just t

Eat your heart out, Mariah! Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' has rocketed to No. 1 for the first time, 65 years after its release.

Brenda Lee's holiday classic "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" is No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in its 65-year history. It's actually her third No. 1 single (with 35 million streams and 21 million radio impressions last week) but the singer's first since 1960. It's also only the third seasonal song to reach No. 1, along with Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "The Chipmunk Song" by the Chipmunks. ...

The 1958 classic, which Lee recorded when she was just 13, has shattered a record previously held by none other than Mariah Carey.

Disney/Scott KirklandMusic legend Brenda Lee will turn 79 on December 11, and shell have a lot to celebrate: Her classic holiday song "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" has just topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the very first time — 65 years after its release. "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" is now only the third holiday song in history to top the Billboard Hot 100, joining Mariah Careys "All I Want for Christmas Is You" and "The Chipmunk Song"...

The perennial Yuletide hit finally topped Billboard's Hot 100