Mediaguide Charts The Nation's Top Latin Holiday Songs For The Week Ending Dec. 12

NEW YORK, NY (ASCAP/ Mediaguide) - The festive holiday classic "Feliz Navidad" was the holiday song played most often on Latin format radio stations for the week ending today, according to radio airplay monitoring service Mediaguide, Inc.

In the seven-day span between Dec. 5 and Dec. 12, "Feliz Navidad" aired 3,444 times, making it the most-played holiday song on Latin format radio stations nationwide.

Mediaguide was launched in 2002 by ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) to monitor radio broadcast music in real-time and facilitate the accurate distribution of royalty payments to music composers and publishers. Its proprietary technology and network of 2,500 radio stations currently tracks more stations and total airplay than any other monitoring service in the U.S.

Below is Mediaguide's list of the most-played Latin holiday song titles nationwide from Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, through Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005:

1. Feliz Navidad - 3,444 times
2. El Burrito De Belen - 2,226 times
3. Navidad En Mi Rancho - 1,302 times
4. Blancas Navidades - 1,098 times
5. Regalo De Reyes - 1,008 times
6. Navidad Sin Ti - 954 times
7. El Ano Viejo - 894 times
8. Ven A Mi Casa Esta Navidad - 858 times
9. Amarga Navidad - 786 times
10. Los Peces En El Rio - 690 times

* Note: The above list represents an aggregation of all different artist versions of each cited Latin holiday song.
Reporters who would like to request a custom Mediaguide run of holiday song airplay on their region's radio stations can contact Kathleen Deegan (CooperKatz for Mediaguide) at 212-455-8062 or [email protected].