Taylor Swift is one of the most successful musicians of all time on Billboard’s global charts, with more than 150 hits to her credit. A year before the company began publishing rankings of what songs the human race was consuming in 2020, the singer-songwriter dropped what would go on to become her most successful Christmas tune. It’s that cut that rises to a new high on the two worldwide tallies this frame.
“Christmas Tree Farm” rises more than 90 spaces on the Billboard Global 200, which lists the most-consumed tracks all around planet Earth, including both sales and streams in its measurements. The tune improves from No. 182 to No. 91, halving the number it landed at last week exactly.
At the same time, the single also returns to another closely-related ranking. “Christmas Tree Farm” re-enters the Billboard Global Excl. US at No. 111 this frame.
Those positions now count as the all-time peaks for “Christmas Tree Farm” on those charts. It reaches those new highs after a relatively short period of time on both tallies, but years after it was first released to the world.
“Christmas Tree Farm” has now spent five frames, or about a month, on the Billboard Global 200. It’s back for only the second time ever on the Billboard Global Excl. US.
Swift only fills a pair of spaces on those two charts this week, which is a fairly small number for the most successful musician in the world. As “Christmas Tree Farm” surges, “Cruel Summer” falls outside the top 100 on both lists, though it does remain manage to hold on as it nears 100 frames on the two lists.
Swift released “Christmas Tree Farm” in 2019, and now, half a decade later, it’s bigger than ever on these tallies. The song was a big hit in a number of markets when the singer first shared it, and it regularly returns to Billboard’s holiday-only lists every Christmas season.
Two versions of “Christmas Tree Farm” have appeared on the Billboard Global 200, as they carry slightly different titles. The original is the focus this season, but around the 2021 holiday, a slightly altered cut, labeled the “Old Timey Version,” reached No. 98. That take never landed on the Billboard Global Excl. US, as it seems American fans were largely to thank for its success.
