Interesting Christmas Fact - Christmas Music

British pop group Slade earn £500,000.00 in royalties every year from their festive hit "Merry Xmas Everybody".

(The top Christmas earners for 2013 were approximately:-

Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody - £512,000
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York - £386,270
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas - £347,615
Wham - Last Christmas - £301,620
Cliff Richard - Mistletoe & Wine - £98,400
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? - £78,030
Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone - £53,834
The Pretenders - 2000 Miles - £45,344
East 17 - Stay Another Day - £30,220
Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry - £13,260

I need a Christmas number 1!)

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