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.
Petit Papa Noël "Petit Papa Noël" (literally "little Father Christmas") is a 1946 song recorded by French singer Tino Rossi. Written by Raymond Vincy and Henri Martinet, this Christmas song was originally performed by Rossi in Richard Pottier's film "Destins". It is currently the best-selling single of all time in France, with over 5,711,000 units sold. The song peaked at #6 on December 28, 1991 (the French SNEP Singles Chart was created on November 4, 1984), and was ranked every year under several labels, including Disques Pathé, Fifty Five and M6 Interactions (every label is charted separately). The song has been covered by many artists over the years.