Mariah Carey's “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has taken the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for an impressive eighteenth total week setting itself just one week from tying record domination of the charts after Shaboozey's "A Bar Song(Tipsy)" this year and Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus in 2019 both stayed 19 weeks at number one spot. The famous carol leads its fourth consecutive week this holiday season solidifying its place in musical history and its enduring influence in music scene. Mariah Carey’s hit track has once again climbed to the top spot on billboard charts this holiday season.
“All I Want For Christmas Is You" Rises to Record Breaking Numbers Thirty Years after Its Debut on the Charts
Originally included in Carey’s album Merry Christmas back in November 1994 the iconic Christmas track initially struggled for charting until streaming services became the norm for listening to music and made it onto Hot 100’s top ten for first time in December 2017 reaching top five in 2018 holiday season. Since 2019 “All I Want For Christmas Is You" has reached number one during 2019 for 3 weeks in 2020 for 2 weeks 2021 for 3 weeks 2022 for 4 weeks and 2023 for 2 weeks showcasing its yearly consistent and continued appeal to audiences globally. Mariah Carey shows consistent top performances on the billboard charts.
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Tops Streaming Charts Reaches Radio Top 10 for the First Time Since Initial Release in 1994
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” maintains the number one position on the Streaming Songs chart for a record twenty-second week while also securing number one position on Digital Song Sales charts for the sixth week along with its debut on the Radio Songs top 10 which is incredible and rarely ever reached across songs within all types of genre making this an especially historic moment. Streaming songs provide insight on total plays on digital platforms providing a metric that gauges songs performance in total across streaming services. Radio Charts also provides metrics showcasing airplay showing another measurement tool for tracking song popularity with “All I Want for Christmas Is You” achieving number seven after initially ranking at 12 in 1994.
Mariah Carey's 19th Hot 100 Number 1 Puts Her Ahead of Other Soloists while Top 10 Spots Are Dominated by Holiday Music
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” gave Carey her 19th Hot 100 number one spot giving her more number ones than all other solo artists with her moving one behind Beatles 20 overall records and makes Mariah Carey the very first artist to ever make number one position during four different decades being the 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s. The entire Billboard Hot 100 top 10 features all Holiday themed music for the very first time. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’s “Die With A Smile” became the highest non-Yuletide ranked at 17 despite peaking at second spot earlier. Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me” climbed the charts reaching five, becoming only the eighth ever holiday song to reach top five spots in chart’s history. Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" jumped into number 10 position.
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"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Success in Numbers: Streaming Radio Airplay and Sales Data and Other Music Trends
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” which is on Columbia Records Legacy Recordings has been played over 71.9 million times for total streams and generated a massive 35.4 million in radio airplay audience numbers and sold a combined 8000 downloads including all physical formats such as singles vinyl and cassettes and CDs released December 6th for it's 30 year anniversary according to Luminate. Prior to this week Brenda Lee's “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree" previously held highest numbers among holiday streaming with 57.3 million just a year prior. The other top performing streams in this year were Brenda Lee at 71.3 million Wham’s “Last Christmas" 69.6 million and Bobby Helms' “Jingle Bell Rock” having 64.8 million total streams. Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" had largest streams out of all holiday themed songs in one week with its new records this season. ”All I Want for Christmas Is You” holds number 1 at Digital Song Sales chart and reaching a highest spot on December 2005 with its most recent chart run.
Record Breaking Stats : “All I Want for Christmas Is You” Ascends on Radio Songs List With Number Seven Chart Position
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” has impressively soared 16 to 7 on the Radio Songs list achieving top 10 status for the very first time 30 years since its release and surpassing number 11 position from its previous performance with Carey scoring twenty-fourth career Top Ten ranking and highest performing song since Obsessed in 2009 and logging number one song "Love Takes Time" on chart’s first ever start during December 1990. Carey ties Drake for second place in the Radio Songs category falling just behind Rihanna for Top 10 Radio Hits, Mariah is also ranked in second position for number ones behind Rihanna's 13.
"All I Want For Christmas Is You" Third Longest Hot 100 Rule While Breaking Records In Artist Chart Performance and Multi Decade Spans
"All I Want for Christmas Is You” has the third-longest command among all number one entries numbering 1176 in total since Hot 100 chart inception that began in August 4th 1958 the current trends of longevity for number 1 titles began when electronically-monitored Luminate data was adopted in 1991 where longer ranking on charts became much more common practice. "All I Want for Christmas Is You” also shows largest span between initial and most current top Billboard Hot 100 ranking of five years and two weeks starting with December 21st 2019 data to current date December 28th 2024 putting her in historic position of chart dominance with five different decades she attained a #1 spot. Mariah has held her position as the longest reigning artist across Hot 100 and charts from the beginning of Billboard charting. Mariah now has an extended 97th week at number 1 across all of her songs. Her career now features the second-longest span on Hot 100 with 34 years and 5 months while only Brenda Lee tops her holding record with 63 years and 5 months spanning 3 weeks of first to recent number one hit during these past holiday seasons. Mariah Carey is now the top artist for total combined weeks at number 1 with 97 and is expected to break records in coming years with extended domination on Billboard charts.
Mariah Carey Scores Top Spot in a Record 21 Years on Hot 100 Along With a Dominant Holiday 100 Run
Mariah Carey has officially hit #1 in 21 different years with her track records spanning different time eras which is greater than the total combined number from four separate artist who are next in line including; Paul McCartney Beyonce Michael Jackson Madonna spanning all from 1970’s through current dates all other artists with highest weeks holding onto #1 spot all fall behind Carey by almost half of that number. “All I Want For Christmas Is You” simultaneously topped Billboard’s multi metric Holiday 100 chart which is an amazing run across 65 of 73 total weeks since list began during 2011. She also rules Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs chart which confirms this hit title as a musical juggernaut dominating all types of formats with a continuous annual replay trend. A complete holiday chart made an appearance in top ten slots including the top 16 positions because the charting occurred December 20 to 26 capturing data surrounding the week of the Christmas Holiday. Other hits such as SZA’s “SOS” that released recently is being highlighted as also holding a top spot but within other album charts from billboard showing music diversity in overall results in these chart metrics.
All Holiday Top 16 on Hot 100 includes New Chart Moves and Continued Popularity for Many Classic Songs
“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” holds steady at 2 with “Last Christmas" at #3 and "Jingle Bell Rock" at 4 showing consistent positions from the prior weeks. "Santa Tell Me" went up four positions reaching five with Burl Ives "A Holly Jolly Christmas” sliding to six position and Andy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" maintained number seven from the prior week. The other songs within top ten for hot 100 includes Dean Martin’s “Let it snow! Let It Snow! Let it snow!” and Kelly Clarkson’s “Underneath The Tree” moving one position to number nine and Nat King Cole's “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" entering the top ten at position ten. Rounding out the all-holiday top 16 was José Feliciano’s “Feliz Navidad” Michael Bublé’s “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” The Ronettes’ “Sleigh Ride” Chuck Berry’s “Run Rudolph Run” Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” and Perry Como along with the Fontane Sister with their version “It's Beginning To Look a lot Like Christmas” demonstrating continuous replay value over several generations. Of top twenty five slots of Hot 100 holiday songs holds the vast majority with twenty-three in those positions with two positions remaining from recent singles of various music genres.
Mariah Carey currently hold other charted songs including the title “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" appearing on Billboard charts as one of her other top performing Christmas titles this holiday season as well as “Oh Santa!” also a charted collaboration with Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson and shows continued dominance and cultural importance to annual holiday celebration while cementing her name as musical titan.