Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has climbed back to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a record-tying 19th week, matching the longest chart-topping reigns held by Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” in 2024 and Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” in 2019. The 1994 Christmas classic extends its record as a chart-topper across seven holiday seasons, after first claiming No. 1 in 2019 and reaching the summit every year since. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is Carey’s 19th Hot 100 No. 1, the most for any solo artist and just one shy of the Beatles’ record of 20, and has made her the first artist to score No. 1 hits in four distinct decades spanning the 1990s to the 2020s. Carey also extends her all-time record of 98 overall weeks spent at No. 1 throughout her career, well ahead of Rihanna’s second-most total of 60.
Holiday hits dominate the top tier of the Hot 100 this week, occupying seven of the Top 10 spots, including the entire top four, led by Wham!’s 1984 single, “Last Christmas,” which vaults up four spots to reach a new high of No. 2. Brenda Lee’s 1958 holiday classic, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” surges up four places to No. 3, while Bobby Helms’ 1957 standard, “Jingle Bell Rock,” jumps up four slots to No. 4. Those holiday hits are joined by Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me” rising five spots to No. 8, while Nat “King” Cole’s 1946 classic “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)” flies up nine places to No. 9, and Andy Williams’ 1963 anthem, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” vaults up seven spots to claim No. 10. The rest of the Hot 100 Top 10 is rounded out by HUNTR/X’s Emmy-nominated hit, “Golden,” from KPop Demon Hunters, which drops three spots to No. 5, while Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” falls five spots to No. 6 after spending its first eight weeks at No. 1 – tying “Anti-Hero” for her longest-leading career hit – and Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” slides four spots to No. 7. (Billboard)
