which british artist wrote a christmas song that is featured on the Top ten Christmas singles and has sold 30 million albums worldwide?
Driving Home for Christmas "Driving Home for Christmas" is a popular single written by Chris Rea and released in 1986. The song peaked at #53 in the UK Single Chart in 1988, and re-entered the chart in 2007, peaking at #33. It reached a brand new peak of #26 in 2016. Although it had modest charting, the single has a brief chart appearance every year in the Top 40, and is featured among the Top 10 Christmas singles.
Christmas Time (Backstreet Boys song) "Christmas Time" is a Christmas song by American vocal group Backstreet Boys. The song was written by Veit Renn, Joe Smith, and Johnny Wright. "Christmas Time" was included on the Christmas edition of "Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)" single and on a bonus disc included in some editions of "Backstreet's Back" album. The song was also featured on "Platinum Christmas", a compilation album released by Jive Records in 2000, as well as many other Christmas compilation albums through the years.