Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" ascends 2-1 on the Billboard Global 200, with 76.3 million streams (up 25%) and 14,000 sold (up 28%) worldwide in the December 3-9 tracking week. The 1994 modern holiday standard topped the chart for four weeks last holiday season, beginning a year ago this week.
Adele's "Easy on Me" dips to No. 2 on the Global 200, after six weeks at the summit; GAYLE's breakout single "abcdefu" pushes 4-3 for a new high; Wham!'s 1984 classic "Last Christmas" climbs 8-4, after reaching No. 2 last holiday season; and The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber's "Stay" slides 3-5, after a record 11 weeks at No. 1.
Two other Yuletide favorites return to the Global 200's top 10: Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (from 1958), surging 13-6 (45 million streams, up 25%; 7,900 sold, up 9%), and Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" (from 1957), galloping 14-8 (41.7 million streams, up 23%; 4,800 sold, up 60%). The songs reached Nos. 3 and 4, respectively, during the 2020 holiday season.
(Billboard)
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