Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” continues its holiday chart dominance with a record-extending 21st week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, helping Carey reach a milestone 100 total weeks at No. 1 across her 19 chart-topping songs since 1990. The holiday classic, from her 1994 album, Merry Christmas, also sets the record for the longest-charting song by a female artist with its 78th total week on the Hot 100, surpassing Dua Lipa’s “Levitating.” “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has now topped the charts for a record seventh holiday season, fueled by 43.6 million streams, 28 million radio impressions, and strong sales over the past week. Additionally, the song extends its record by spending a 25th week atop the Streaming Songs chart, and climbs eight spots to reach No. 15 on Radio Songs, while remaining at No. 5 on Digital Song Sales.
Holiday songs make a significant impact on this week’s Hot 100 Top 10, as festive hits occupy the top nine spots on the tally, led by Bobby Helms’ 1957 classic, “Jingle Bell Rock,” which reaches a new peak of No. 2, followed by Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” which drops a spot to No. 3, while Wham!’s 1984 hit, “Last Christmas,” falls one slot to No. 4, and Ariana Grande’s 2014 single, “Santa Tell Me,” remains at its No. 5 high. Nat “King” Cole’s 1946 classic, “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You),” climbs two spots to reach a new high of No. 6, while Kelly Clarkson’s 2013 hit, “Underneath the Tree,” rises two places for a new peak of No. 7, marking her highest charting song since “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You),” was No. 1 for three weeks in winter 2012.
Dean Martin’s 1959 standard, “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!,” reenters the Top 10 by jumping three spots to No. 8, and Andy Williams’ 1963 classic, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” climbs one place to No. 9. The only non-holiday song on this week’s Top 10 is Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia,” which falls three spots to No. 10, after spending its first eight weeks at No. 1 beginning in October. (Billboard)
