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The Pretty Reckless’ ‘Where Are You Christmas?’ Hits No. 1 on Hot Hard Rock Songs Chart
The band reigns with its rendition of the track co-written by Mariah Carey.
The Pretty Reckless’ version of “Where Are You Christmas?” completes a jolly journey to No. 1 on Billboard’s Jan. 3, 2026-dated Hot Hard Rock Songs chart.
In the Dec. 19-25 data tracking period, the song totaled 2.7 million official U.S. streams (marking a 68% vault week-over-week), 326,000 radio audience impressions and 1,000 sold, according to Luminate.
The track, co-written by Mariah Carey (atop the latest Billboard Hot 100 with “All I Want for Christmas Is You” for a record 22nd week), James Horner and Will Jennings for the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas, tops Hot Hard Rock Songs amid the film’s 25th anniversary. While Faith Hill performed the soundtrack version of the track, The Pretty Reckless frontwoman Taylor Momsen, then a child actor, sang the song in the movie as Cindy Lou Who.
Taylor Momsen refused to record How the Grinch Stole Christmas song for years
Taylor Momsen thought she would never record her song from How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Every holiday season, The Pretty Reckless frontwoman receives calls from fans to put a new spin on Where Are You Christmas?, which she sang in character as Cindy Lou Who in the 2000 festive classic.
"That was something that when I first formed The Pretty Reckless when I was 14, every year people would put the connection together that I was Cindy Lou Who in The Grinch, and every year it got more and more exponential and more and more people put that together and it was always kind of a funny thing that you smile at and go 'Haha, that's cute,'" she shared on the Call Her Daddy podcast. "And every year they'd go, 'Do a rock version of Where Are You Christmas?' And for I don't know, 15 years, I went, 'No way, in zero worlds is this something I would ever do.'"
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The Pretty Reckless Take 'Where Are You Christmas?' To No. 1
The Pretty Reckless have a lot to be jolly about after their rendition of "Where Are You Christmas?" claimed the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Hot Hard Rock Songs chart.
The song logged streams of 2.7 million in the U.S. for the period of December 19th through 25th, reports Billboard. The track also had 326,000 radio audience impressions for the week.
"Where Are You Christmas?", penned by Mariah Carey, James Horner and Will Jennings for the film How the Grinch Stole Christmas, is not new to The Pretty Reckless' frontwoman Taylor Momsen sang the song in the film as Cindy Lou Who in her previous career as a child actress.
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