In an era of Beyonce, Gracie Abrams, Drake and Teddy Swims, there are some names in the Dec. 21, 2024 edition of the Billboard Hot 100 that don't look like they really belong. 

While Mariah Carey is unsurprisingly back at #1 with her perennial "All I Want For Christmas," there are other eye-opening artists you'd never expect to find in a modern-day Billboard Top 100. Brenda Lee is #2, with the 1958 classic "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree."

Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock," goes back even farther, to 1957, and shows up at #3. Next is that household name for modern audiences, Burl Ives. Andy Williams comes in at #7. And farther down the list, Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" finds itself at #16 for the week. My favourite anomaly, though, is the #21 disc - "Run Rudolph Run" by the great Chuck Berry. When was the last time he made Billboard's Top 30? 

And there's more - Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, and even Perry Como all show up in various spots.

It's all the result of Christmas plays and streams of course, and the chart will go back to normal by the end of the holidays. But man, that's one eclectic list I'd love to hear Casey Kasem countdown on American Top 40!

Check out the chart here.