Mariah Carey Breaks Records With “All I Want for Christmas” Hit’s 100th Week On Charts

Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” shines atop the Billboard Hot 100’s highest bough for a record-extending 22nd week, leading a record parade of holiday hits from the top of the chart on down. Seasonal songs claim the top 24 positions on the survey, surging past the prior mark of carols taking Nos. 1-16 a year ago this week (on the chart dated Jan. 4, 2025). Three weeks earlier, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” returned to No. 1 on the Hot 100 to rule in a record-extending seventh holiday season. It was released on Carey’s album Merry Christmas in November 1994 and, as streaming grew and holiday music became more prominent on streaming services’ playlists, it first hit the top 10 in December 2017 and the top five in the 2018 holiday season. It led at last, prior to its four weeks this season, over the holidays in 2019 (for three weeks), 2020 (two), 2021 (three), 2022 (four), 2023 (two) and 2024 (four). (Older holiday songs are eligible to appear on the chart each season.) Below is a rundown of the upper reaches of this week’s very merry Hot 100.

• No. 1, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey (No. 1 last week)
• No. 2, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” Brenda Lee (3)
• No. 3, “Jingle Bell Rock,” Bobby Helms (2)
• No. 4, “Last Christmas,” Wham! (4)
• No. 5, “Santa Tell Me,” Ariana Grande (5)
• No. 6, “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You),” Nat “King” Cole (6)
• No. 7, “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!,” Dean Martin (8)
• No. 8, “Underneath the Tree,” Kelly Clarkson (7)
• No. 9, “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” Andy Williams (9)
• No. 10, “Sleigh Ride,” The Ronettes (12)
• No. 11, “Feliz Navidad,” José Feliciano (14)
• No. 12, “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” Burl Ives (16)
• No. 13, “It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas,” Michel Bublé (13)
• No. 14 (new high), “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” Darlene Love (17)
• No. 15, “Run Rudolph Run,” Chuck Berry (19)
• No. 16, “White Christmas (1947),” Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers & John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra (20)
• No. 17, “Jingle Bells,” Frank Sinatra with the Orchestra & Chorus of Gordon Jenkins (21)
• No. 18, “It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas,” Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra (23)
• No. 19 (new high), “Santa Baby,” Earth Kitt with Henri Rene and His Orchestra (24)
• No. 20, “Deck the Halls,” Nat King Cole (25)
• No. 21, “Blue Christmas,” Elvis Presley (27)
• No. 22, “Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane),” Gene Autry (28)
• No. 23 (new high), “Christmastime Is Here,” Vince Guaraldi Trio (36)
• No. 24, “Please Come Home for Christmas,” Eagles (33)

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