Mariah Carey breaks Billboard record as All I Want For Christmas Is You returns to the top spot
Mariah Carey is ruling the December music charts once again.
The 52-year-old hitmaker broke a new Billboard record as his iconic Christmas hit, All I Want For Christmas Is You, returned to the top spot for the fourth year running, just days after topping the UK charts for the second time.
The 1994 song now has nine total weeks at number one on the Hot 100, and has become the first song to top number one at four different times.
Her Season: Mariah Carey, 52, broke a new Billboard record when her iconic Christmas hit, All I Want For Christmas Is You, returned to the top spot for the fourth year in a row; In the photo 2019
The catchy tune originally topped the Hot 100 in 2019, then again in 2020. It made another comeback in 2021, and now it’s back in 2022.
The festive song also has the longest span from a song’s first week at number one on the Hot 100 to three years, from December 2019 to December 2022.
Continuing to break records, the new No. 1 spot also extends Mariah’s record for the longest span of an artist ranking at number one on the chart, over 32 years, since its first week in 1990 with her debut single Vision of Love. .
Joliday jam: The 1994 song now has nine total weeks at number one on the Hot 100, and has become the first song to lead at number one four different times; pictured 2022
The hit, which speaks to Carey’s longing to be with a loved one over the holidays, also broke the record for most Christmas songs.
Mariah currently has an 88th week at number one on the Hot 100. Rihanna is second with 60 weeks.
Carey first released the Christmas staple in 1994 as part of her Christmas album, but the record didn’t become a number one hit in the US until 2019.
Carey told the The Los Angeles Times in 2020 that the song “was kind of an accident”.
On a Simmer: Carey first released the Christmas staple in 1994 as part of her Christmas album, but the record didn’t become a number-one hit in the US until 2019; In the photo 2019
“When I made that first Christmas album, ‘Merry Christmas,’ it was pretty early in my career.”
“But in this case, I was just sitting there, making up this tune, in a dark house with a Christmas tree.”
The news comes a few days later Carey made a brilliant return to UK number one with the smash hit Friday.
The singer has only been number one on the UK singles charts once before with the festive song, reaching the top in 2020, 26 years after its release.
History: Carey shared in 2020 that the song “was kind of an accident.” She said: ‘She was sitting there, making up this tune, in a dark house with a Christmas tree’; pictured 2022
Mariah knocked Taylor Swift off the top spot after the hitmaker clinched a six-week reign with her single Anti-Hero.
However, not everyone is a fan of the iconic tune. The owner of a popular Sydney bar has banned the beloved Christmas anthem.
Simon Rose-Hopkins, owner of country and western music bar Jolene’s in the city, has declared his watering hole a Mariah-free zone.
Far from being the Grinch, Simon assured customers that there’s plenty of Christmas cheer, just not the iconic song.
‘We are doing Christmas on steroids. We’ve got lights, reindeer, Christmas trees, and holiday cocktails like a gingerbread Manhattan and a Christmas Pavlova slushie. We have a Country Christmas playlist, but we won’t be playing Mariah,’ she said. the daily telegraph on Monday.
Competing: It comes days after Carey knocked Taylor Swift off the top spot in the UK, after the hitmaker scored a six-week reign with her single Anti-Hero; Pictured on September 20, 2022