Holiday tunes overtook the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week and it goes without saying that Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas” came on top. In addition to soaring to No. 1 for the 11th time, it also extended Carey’s all-time record for 90 weeks atop the Hot 100 chart.
It took 25 years for “All I Want For Christmas” to top the chart for the first time in 2019 and we’ve seen it return to No. 1 every holiday season since then. It logged its 11th week atop the Hot 100, setting a record for the longest span atop the Hot 100 with three years and one week.
This also marks Carey’s record-extending 90th week atop the Billboard Hot 100 and the singer said she was “jumping up and down in the snow” from excitement after receiving the news. She’s followed by Rihanna with 60 weeks and The Beatles with 59 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 since the chart’s inception in 1958.
As for the rest of Hot 100 for this week, it’s mostly filled with holiday classics, from Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” to Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock”. Wham!’s “Last Christmas” also reached a new high this holiday season and entered the top five for the first time since its release in 1984.
