Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Makes Merry Move Back to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100

Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” on Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings, drew 38.2 million streams (up 42%) and 24.4 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 56%) and sold 3,000 downloads (up 81%) in the U.S. Nov. 29-Dec. 5, according to Luminate.

The single soars 10-1 on Streaming Songs for a 19th week on top (tying Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” for the second-longest rule in the chart’s history; Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, led for 20 weeks in 2019). “All I Want for Christmas Is You” also reenters Digital Song Sales at No. 6, following four weeks at the summit, and pushes 35-21 on Radio Songs, where it has hit a No. 11 best.

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” ties for the sixth-longest command among the 1,176 total No. 1s dating to the Hot 100’s Aug. 4, 1958. start. (All seven songs have led since the list adopted electronically-monitored Luminate data in November 1991, at which point longer commands than before subsequently became more common.)

Below is a recap of the seven longest-leading Hot 100 No. 1s – with Carey the only artist with two entries on the elite list:

With the latest Hot 100 dated Dec. 14, 2024, Carey has now placed at No. 1 in a record-extending 20 distinct years (per Hot 100 chart dates), encompassing her 19 leaders: 1990-2000, 2005-06, 2008 and, thanks to “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” 2019-24.

Next up are four acts that have each spent time atop the Hot 100 in 10 individual years: Paul McCartney/Wings (1971, 1973-76, 1978, 1980, 1982-84; additionally, The Beatles, with him as a member, led in seven years: 1964-70); Beyoncé (2003, 2006-09, 2017-18, 2020, 2022, 2024; plus, Destiny’s Child, with her as a member, ruled in three years: 1999-2001); Michael Jackson (1972, 1979-80, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1995; also, The Jackson 5, with him in the group, led in 1970); and Madonna (1984-87, 1989-92, 1995, 2000).

Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” extends the longest span from a song’s first week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 to its latest to one week shy of five years (charts dated Dec. 21, 2019-Dec. 14, 2024).

Carey claims the second-longest span for an artist atop the Hot 100: 34 years, four months and two weeks, dating to her first week at No. 1 (Aug. 4, 1990) with her debut smash “Vision of Love.” Only Lee boasts a longer career stretch of topping the chart: 63 years, five months and three weeks, from “I’m Sorry” (July 18, 1960) through “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (Jan. 6, 2024).

Carey unwraps her record-extending 94th week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, across her 19 leaders, dating to the chart’s inception.

Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100:

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” concurrently shines brightest on Billboard’s multimetric Holiday 100 chart, leading for a 62nd week, of the chart’s 70 total weeks since the list originated in 2011.

The anthem also rules as the top title on Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs chart.

Holiday hits decorate half the Hot 100’s top 10. Below Carey, Brenda Lee dances 15-2 with “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” which spent three weeks at No. 1 last holiday season, reaching the top for the first time following its 1958 release. The song totaled 35.7 million streams (up 52%), 19.8 million in airplay audience (up 39%) and 1,500 sold (up 84%) Nov. 29-Dec. 5.

Wham!’s “Last Christmas” vaults 18-3 on the Hot 100, as the 1984 single hits a new Hot 100 high, surpassing its prior No. 4 peak. It tallied 34.3 million streams (up 57%), 17.9 million in radio reach (up 20%) and 2,000 sold (up 75%) in the tracking week. Six of Wham!’s seven top 10s have now reached the top three, with the duo of George Michael (who died in 2016) and Andrew Ridgeley having previously hit the top three in 1984-86 with “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,” “Careless Whisper” (each No. 1 for three weeks), “Everything She Wants” (No. 1, two weeks), “Freedom” and “I’m Your Man” (each No. 3); plus, the pair’s “The Edge of Heaven” hit No. 10 in 1986.

Two other classic carols return to the Hot 100’s top 10: Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” (19-5) and Burl Ives’ “A Holly Jolly Christmas” (33-10); they have peaked at Nos. 3 and 4, respectively. The former, released in 1957, drew 33.5 million streams (up 55%) and 19.9 million airplay audience impressions (up 35%) and sold 1,000 (up 67%) in the tracking week. The latter, from 1964, collected 25.5 million streams (up 60%) and 18.7 million in airplay audience (up 30%) and sold 1,000 (up 85%).

A week after blanketing the Hot 100’s entire top five, and seven of the top 10, with debuts from his album GNX, Kendrick Lamar posts three songs in the top 10: “TV Off,” featuring Lefty Gunplay (2-4); “Luther,” with SZA (3-6); and “Squabble Up” (No. 7, after launching at No. 1). “TV Off” – the Hot 100’s top non-holiday title – concurrently rises 2-1 to become Lamar’s sixth leader on both the multimetric Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts.

Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” slips 6-8 on the Hot 100, two weeks after it added a record-tying 19th week at No. 1. It tops the multimetric Hot Country Songs chart for a 25th week, tying Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” for the longest domination for a song by a male artist this decade; overall, only Gabby Barrett’s “I Hope” has led longer (27 weeks) in the 2020s. Since the Hot Country Songs became the genre’s main songs list in 1958, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” is tied for the fourth-best reign.

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” also adds a 19th week atop Radio Songs (64.9 million, down 5%), solely claiming the second-longest No. 1 stay since the chart began in 1990. It breaks out of a tie with Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” (2023) and Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” (1998) and now trails only The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (26 weeks, 2020).

Elsewhere in the Hot 100’s top 10, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile” descends 7-9, following four weeks at its No. 2 best.