Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You gets second number one

Mariah Carey has made a sparkling return to number one with All I Want For Christmas Is You on Friday.

The singer, 52, has only been number one on the UK charts once before with the festive song, reaching the top in 2020, 26 years after its release.

Pop star Mariah knocked Taylor Swift off the top spot after the hitmaker scored a six-week reign with her single Anti-Hero.

Back on top: Mariah Carey, 52, has made a brilliant return to number one with All I Want For Christmas Is You (pictured in 2018)

Sir Elton John and Ed Sheeran’s Merry Christmas has also made an appearance in the top 10, along with Michael Buble’s It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas and Wham’s Last Christmas.

Elsewhere, Olly Murs said he had “not assimilated” after securing his fifth UK number one album with Marry Me.

The 38-year-old singer-songwriter has risen straight to the top after six years, despite being heavily criticized on social media this week for lyrics to one of his songs being labeled “controlling”.

Hitmaker: The singer has only been number one on the UK charts once before with the festive song, reaching the top in 2020, 26 years after its release (pictured in 2015)

Olly said: ‘Wow, it’s been six years since I’ve had a number one, so thank you so much to all the fans, you’ve been absolutely amazing!

“Thanks to my wonderful team, Official Charts Company, I am so excited to have a number one album. Marry Me is number one this week!

‘It’s so amazing, I don’t think it’s really sunk in yet. It’s a lot of hard work that has gone into this, thank you very much’

Success: Elsewhere, Olly Murs, 38, said he had “not sunk in” after securing his fifth UK number-one album with Marry Me on Friday.

The album’s success follows criticism for his song I Hate You When You’re Drunk, with online users drawing a link to his fiancée Amelia Tank.

Addressing the conviction on BBC Breakfast this week, he said: “Obviously it’s upsetting to think that people took it that way because it wasn’t their intention.”

“When you listen to the song and understand the type of artist I am, it was more cheeky and fun.”

Olly, who finished second on X Factor in 2009 and claims he has battled ‘stigma’ in the music industry due to his reality TV past, battled stiff competition for the top spot from pop megastar Taylor Swift with her album Midnights.

Triumph: The singer-songwriter went straight to the top of the charts after six years since his last number one