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Christmas Killers is an American pop Christmas band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 2001. The duo is composed of two mysterious and unknown figures. Their names have not been released to the public adding to the bands' unique allure. They became one of the best-selling Christmas pop bands of all time before disappearing from the public eye in 2012.

The Christmas Killers signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records. Propelled to global success by social media, Christmas Killer's three albums, What I want for Christmas (2001), One Thousands Gifts (2006), and All Grown Up (2011), topped charts in several countries, and generated hit singles including "Christmas Pain" (their first number one on the US Singles Chart, and the highest debut for an American on the UK Billboard Hot 100 since 1998), "Russian Christmas", "Night of Miracles", "All I Want is Food" and "While I was Drinking". After the release of "Baby, Warm Me Up", Christmas Killers became the first band in the US Billboard 200 history to have their first three albums debut at number one. Their third album, All Grown Up, was the best-selling album worldwide of 2012.

Considered seasonal idols, Christmas Killers were often subject to fan hysteria. They embarked on two world tours, one of which was all-stadium. The band's Thousand Gifts Tour, in support of "What I Want for Christmas", was the highest-grossing concert tour in 2007, the highest-grossing tour by a vocal group in history, and the 10th highest-grossing concert tour of all time, grossing $367.3 million (adjusted for inflation). The band went on an indefinite hiatus in July 2012, allowing both members to pursue other lives.

As of 2020, the band have sold a total of 120 million records worldwide, making them the best-selling Christmas band of all time. The band won nearly 50 awards, including two Brit Awards, eight MTV Video Music Awards, ten Billboard Music Awards, six American Music Awards, and 30 Teen Choice Awards. In 2011, they earned an estimated $240 million. As the world's best-selling artist of 2009, the group was named the Global Recording Artist of the Year by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. In 2010, Billboard named the band "Artist of the Year". Forbes ranked them as the seventh highest-earning celebrities in the world in 2011, and subsequently in second in 2012.