Even with the latest data tracking week reflecting four days after Christmas Day (December 23-29), Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" holds at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, reigning for a 12th total week. It leads for a fourth week this holiday season - the most over any Yuletide season since it began topping the tally annually over the holidays in December 2019.
The song also becomes the second holiday hit to reign for four consecutive weeks, and the first in 64 years, after "The Chipmunk Song", by David Seville & the Chipmunks, spent four frames at No. 1 beginning in December 1958.
Carey's "Christmas" leads eight festive favorites in the Hot 100's top 10 - with carols infusing the top seven spots for the first time. One makes its initial appearance in the tier: Nat King Cole's classic "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)", up from No. 11 to No. 9, as the late legend ranks in the top 10 after an unprecedented break of 59 years, six months and a week. As the song debuted on the chart in 1960, it additionally completes the longest journey to the top 10: over 62 years and three weeks.
Carey's "Christmas" was first released on her album Merry Christmas in 1994. As streaming has grown and holiday music has become more prominent on streaming services' playlists, the song first reached the Hot 100's top 10 in December 2017 and first hit the top five in the 2018 holiday season, before leading over the holidays in 2019 (for three weeks), 2020 (two), 2021 (three) and this season (a single-season-best four).
Carey's "Christmas" drew 46.9 million streams (down 4%) and 24.6 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 38%) and sold 6,000 downloads (down 47%) in the U.S. December 23-29, according to Luminate. The song drops to No. 2 on the Streaming Songs chart after 18 cumulative weeks at the summit; to No. 3 on Digital Song Sales following four total frames on top; and to No. 24 from its No. 11 high on Radio Songs.
Up to 12 total weeks, Carey's "Christmas" expands its record for the most time atop the Hot 100 for a holiday song. The only other seasonal single to lead, "The Chipmunk Song", by David Seville & the Chipmunks, spent, as noted above, four weeks at No. 1 beginning in December 1958. The two songs now share the mark for the most consecutive frames atop the Hot 100 - four each - for a Yuletide title, as well as the most in any singular holiday season.
With this week's Hot 100 dated January 7, 2023, Carey's "Christmas" is the first song to lead Hot 100 charts dated in five distinct years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and now 2023). No other song has reigned in more than two individual years. Carey has now placed at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in a record-extending 19 distinct years (per Hot 100 chart dates): 1990-2000, 2005-2006, 2008 and, thanks to "Christmas," 2019-2023.
Next up are three acts that have each spent time atop the Hot 100 in 10 individual years: Paul McCartney/Wings (1971, 1973-1976, 1978, 1980, 1982-1984; additionally, The Beatles, with him as a member, led in seven years: 1964-1970); Michael Jackson (1972, 1979-1980, 1983-1984, 1987-1988, 1991-1992, 1995; additionally, The Jackson 5, with him in the group, led in 1970); and Madonna (1984-1987, 1989-1992, 1995, 2000).
Carey becomes the second artist, and first woman, with three songs that have topped the Hot 100 for 12 or more weeks each. She joins Boyz II Men for the honor - with Carey and the group having teamed for one song contributing to the feat. "Christmas" is the 22nd title to command the Hot 100 for 12 or more weeks, a run that under just 2% of all 1,144 No. 1s have achieved.
Carey's "Christmas" extends the longest span from a song's first week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 to its latest, to over three years and two weeks (December 21, 2019 - January 7, 2023). Plus, the latest week atop the Hot 100 for "Christmas" stretches Carey's record for the longest span of an artist ranking at No. 1 on the chart to 32 years and five months, dating to her first week atop the list dated August 4, 1990, with her debut single "Vision of Love".
With "Christmas," Carey adds her record-extending 91st week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, dating to the chart's August 4, 1958, inception. "Christmas" became Carey's 19th Hot 100 No. 1, the most among soloists and one away from The Beatles' overall record 20. It also made Carey the first artist to have ranked at No. 1 on the chart in four distinct decades, dating to her first week on top with "Vision of Love". "Christmas" is additionally the only title to have led in four separate runs on the survey.
Carey's "Christmas" concurrently crowns the multi-metric Holiday 100 chart for a 57th week, of the chart's 62 total weeks since the list originated in 2011. It has led the list for 42 consecutive weeks, dating to the start of the 2015-16 holiday season, and rules as the top title on the Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs chart.
(Billboard)
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