NEW YORK (AP) — Christmas has come early for Mariah Carey: the pop star’s original holiday classic,
"All I Want for Christmas Is You," has reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
25 years after its release.
Billboard announced that the song topped this week’s chart, giving Carey her 19th No. 1 of her career.
She is only behind the Beatles, who have had 20 songs top the Hot 100 chart.
Each holiday season Carey’s "All I Want for Christmas Is You" begins to climb the Billboard
charts as its popularity resurfaces. Last year the song hit a peak at No. 3 and set a new one-day
streaming record on Spotify.
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the first holiday to top the Hot 100 chart since "The
Chipmunk Song" in 1958-59.
The song is from Carey’s 1994 album, "Merry Christmas," which is currently No. 1 on the
Billboard R&B albums chart. Carey wrapped her All I Want for Christmas Is You Tour on Sunday at
New York’s Madison Square Garden.