For the first time, Artisjus created a top list of the most popular Christmas songs in Hungary.

Ajándék the band Piramis has been the number one domestic Christmas hit in recent years.

In addition to the rock hit number one on the list, several pop songs and a cover of a poem by Sándor Weöres, considered a children's song, were also included.

As written, the song The Pyramid Gift (authors: Péter Gallai, Miklós Köves, Lajos Som, Attila Horváth, János Závodi, István S. Nagy, Sándor Révész), Katona Klári Let it be a holiday (author: Demjén Ferenc) and Zséda A gray hoof (authors: Viktor Rakonczai, Tamás Orbán) is followed on the Christmas charts.

The other songs on the list include hits from several decades ago as well as newer compositions. Among them there are also works for which more than a hundred performers are recorded by Artisjus ( Let there be a holiday, Add further ), that is, they are widely popular works played by many performers. Two songs by the author couple Rakonczai-Orbán are among the top ten most popular songs ( The gray hooves and Ajándék ).

In addition to the already mentioned, the domestic Christmas Top 10 list includes White Christmas (TNT song; composed by Ákos Dobrády), Add on (Kata Csondor; Gábor Madarász and Ágnes Szabó), Ha elmúlik Christmas (Neoton Família; Emese Hatvani, György Jakab, László Pásztor), Evening Song (Bagossy Brothers Company; László Bagossy, Norbert Bagossy, Bartis Szilárd, Zsombor Kozma, Attila Tatár), Csillagszórás ( László Dés, Péter Geszti) and Száncsengő ( Bojtorján; László Buchwart, Győző Kemény, Zoltán Pomázi, Bálint Andor Vörös, Sándor Weöres).

"Artisjus pays royalties to authors for a variety of music uses, so we have data from a wide range of sources. In addition to concerts, we also receive information about radio and television plays, online music listening, audio recording publishing, and the background music of stores. From these 2020-2022 data, we were able to provide an aggregated list of the most successful Hungarian Christmas songs and their songwriters."

Péter Benjamin Tóth, Business Transformation Director of Artisjus, was quoted in the announcement.

MTI

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