Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” makes an unprecedented return to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, rising from #2.
The carol logs its sixth total week atop the Hot 100 and becomes the first song in the chart’s history to have led in three distinct runs on the ranking (2019, 2020, 2021). Additionally, the record tops both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts. The two global charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories, as compiled by MRC Data.
The song was first released on Mariah‘s album “Merry Christmas” in 1994 and, as streaming has grown and holiday music has become more prominent on streaming services’ seasonal playlists, it hit the Hot 100’s top 10 for the first time in December 2017, before ascending to #1 in both December 2019 (for three weeks) and December 2020 (two).
Since its release, the song has upped its U.S. totals to 4.3 billion in radio audience, 1.4 billion streams and 3.7 million in download sales.
#1 in a third separate chart run: Mariah‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” first topped the Hot 100 dated Dec. 21, 2019, and led again on the next two lists, dated Dec. 28, 2019, and Jan. 4, 2020.
Mariah Carey‘s record 85th week atop Hot 100: With “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah claims her record-extending 85th week at #1 on the Hot 100, dating to the chart’s August 4, 1958.
Most Weeks at #1 on Hot 100
85, Mariah Carey
60, Rihanna
59, The Beatles
52, Drake
50, Boyz II Men
47, Usher
41, Beyoncé
37, Michael Jackson
34, Elton John
34, Bruno Mars
Plus, it’s not only fitting that “All I Want for Christmas Is You” leads the Hot 100 dated December. 25, 2021, but she is the only artist to top the chart on multiple rankings dated December. 25. Mariah‘s “Hero” began a four-week stay at #1 on the December. 25, 1993, Hot 100.
