Plus, Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad" hits the top 10 for the first time, 50 years after its original release. Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" returns to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, rising from No. 2. The song, first released on Carey's album Merry Christmas in 1994 and which first reigned for three weeks last holiday season, adds its fourth total week atop the Hot 100, tying for the most time at No. 1 among holiday hits in the chart's 62-year history.
The carol is one of a record-tying five Yuletide songs in the Hot 100's top 10, joined by Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock," Andy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and, in the top 10 for the first time, 50 years after its original release, Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad."
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Dec. 19) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow (Dec. 15). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
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Here's a deeper look at Carey's ascent back to No. 1 on the Hot 100 with "All I Want For Christmas Is You," on Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings.
Streams, sales & airplay: "Christmas" drew 31.4 million U.S. streams (up 19%) and sold 7,000 downloads (up 8%) in the week ending Dec. 10, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It also tallied 27.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 11%) in the week ending Dec. 13.
The track spends a seventh total week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart and rises 9-8 on Digital Song Sales and 27-22 on Radio Songs. It also crowns the multi-metric Holiday 100 chart for a 43rd week, of the chart's 48 total weeks since the list launched in 2011; it has topped the tally for 28 consecutive weeks, dating to the start of the 2015-16 holiday season.
(Since its release, the song has drawn 4.1 billion in total radio audience, 1 billion on-demand streams and 3.7 million in download sales in the U.S.)
Ties for longest-leading holiday hit: In December 2017, Carey's "Christmas" hit the Hot 100's top 10 for the first time, while a year ago it ascended to the summit at last, 25 years after its original release, becoming the second holiday hit ever to reign: "The Chipmunk Song," by The Chipmunks with David Seville, spent four weeks at No. 1 beginning in December 1958. Carey's hit this week, thus, matches The Chipmunks' for the Hot 100's longest-leading holiday hit.
Mariah Carey Talks ‘The Meaning Of’ Biopic ‘We’re Talking About Some Things’ No. 1 again after almost a year: Carey's "Christmas" first topped the Hot 100 dated Dec. 21, 2019, and also led the lists dated Dec. 28, 2019, and Jan. 4, 2020. As it returns to No. 1 this week, on the chart dated Dec. 19, it reigns again after a break of 11 months and 15 days. Only one other song in the Hot 100's history has returned to the summit after a longer break: Chubby Checker's "The Twist" topped the Hot 100 dated Sept. 19, 1960, before, thanks to new popularity among adult audiences, it resurged to lead the lists dated Jan. 13 and 20, 1962, ruling again after a gap of a year, three months and three weeks. The latter's longevity helped spark its No. 1 status on the Greatest of All-Time Hot 100 recap.
Carey's record 83rd week atop Hot 100: With "Christmas," Carey claims her record-extending 83rd week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, dating to the chart's Aug. 4, 1958, inception.
Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100 83, Mariah Carey 60, Rihanna 59, The Beatles 50, Boyz II Men 50, Drake
"Christmas" last year became Carey's 19th Hot 100 No. 1, the most among soloists and lifting her to within one of 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.
7 x 4: Of Carey's 19 Hot 100 No. 1s, "Christmas" is her record-tying seventh to rule for four weeks or more. Here's a rundown: 16 weeks at No. 1, "One Sweet Day" (with Boyz II Men), 1995-96 / 14 weeks, "We Belong Together," 2005 / 8 weeks, "Fantasy," 1995; "Dreamlover," 1993 / 4 weeks, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," 2019-20; "Hero," 1993-94; "Vision of Love," 1990.
Rihanna also boasts seven No. 1s (of her 14 total) that have each led for four or more weeks, including her longest-leading No. 1, "We Found Love" (10 weeks, 2011-12).
Historic No. 1 in U.S. & U.K.: Carey's "Christmas" additionally makes international chart history, becoming the first holiday song to have topped both the U.S.-based Hot 100 and the Official UK Singles chart, where this week it reigns for the first time. (While just two seasonal songs have ever led the Hot 100, "Christmas" is the latest in the tradition of such hits reaching No. 1 on the UK list.)
