Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” jingles all the way back to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, jumping four spots for a record-tying 19th total week atop the chart. It matches the reigns of two hits that led over one release cycle each — Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” in 2024, and Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, in 2019 — for the longest command over the chart’s 67-year history.
The carol rules the Hot 100 in a record-extending seventh holiday season. It was originally released on Carey’s album Merry Christmas in November 1994 and, as streaming has grown and holiday music has become more prominent on streaming services’ playlists, it hit the top 10 for the first time in December 2017 and the top five for the first time in the 2018 holiday season. It led at last, prior to this week, over the holidays in 2019 (for three weeks), 2020 (two), 2021 (three), 2022 (four), 2023 (two) and 2024 (four).
“When I wrote [it], I had absolutely no idea the impact the song would eventually have worldwide,” Carey marveled in 2021. “I’m so full of gratitude that so many people enjoy it with me every year.”
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” became Carey’s 19th Hot 100 No. 1, the most among soloists and one away from the Beatles’ overall record 20. It also made Carey the first artist to have ranked at No. 1 on the chart in four distinct decades (1990s, 2000s, ‘10s and ‘20s).
Holiday hits decorate seven of the Hot 100’s top 10 spots, including the top four. Most notably, Wham!’s “Last Christmas” dashes 6-2, as the 1984 single hits a new high.
The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. All charts (dated Dec. 13, 2025) will update on Billboard.com tomorrow, Dec. 9. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X, formerly known as Twitter, and Instagram. Plus, for all chart rules and explanations, click here.
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‘Christmas’ Streams, Airplay & Sales
“All I Want for Christmas Is You,” on Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings, drew 33.7 million streams (up 52%) and 22.4 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 37%) and sold 3,000 downloads (up 86%) in the U.S. Nov. 28-Dec. 4, according to Luminate.
The single rises 3-1 on the Streaming Songs chart for a record-extending 23rd week on top; bounds 40-21 on Radio Songs, where it has hit a No. 7 best; and soars 19-4 on Digital Song Sales at No. 6, following six weeks at the summit.
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Hits With the Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” ties for longest domination among the 1,184 total No. 1s dating to the Hot 100’s Aug. 4, 1958, start.
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. (All seven songs have led since the chart adopted electronically-monitored Luminate data in November 1991, at which point longer commands than before subsequently became more common.)
- 19 weeks, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” Mariah Carey, 2019-25
- 19, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Shaboozey, 2024
- 19, “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus, 2019
- 16, “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen, 2023
- 16, “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, 2017
- 16, “One Sweet Day,” Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men, 1995-96
- 15, “As It Was,” Harry Styles, 2022
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Holiday Hits Atop the Hot 100
Now up to 19 weeks, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” extends its mark as the holiday song with the most time logged atop the Hot 100, among three Yuletide No. 1s. “The Chipmunk Song,” by the Chipmunks with David Seville, led for four weeks beginning in December 1958, followed by Brenda Lee’s three weeks in the 2023 holiday season with “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”
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‘Christmas’ No. 1 in a Seventh Season
Image Credit: Denise Truscello/Getty Images “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is the first song to top the Hot 100 in seven distinct runs on the chart, as its latest coronation follows its commands in the 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 holiday seasons. Just one other song has led in each of even two stays: Chubby Checker’s “The Twist,” in 1960 and 1962.
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Longest Span for a Song Atop the Hot 100
“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 six years (charts dated Dec. 21, 2019-Dec. 13, 2025).
Carey also has the second-longest span for an artist atop the Hot 100: 35 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 Brenda 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).
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Carey’s Record 98th Week at No. 1
Carey collects her record-extending 98th 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:
- 98, Mariah Carey
- 60, Rihanna
- 59, The Beatles
- 56, Drake
- 50, Boyz II Men
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‘Christmas’ No. 1 on Holiday 100
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” concurrently crowns Billboard’s multimetric Holiday 100 chart, leading for a 68th week, of the chart’s 76 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.
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‘Last Christmas’ Hits New No. 2 High
Image Credit: Courtesy Photo Wham!’s “Last Christmas” pushes 6-2 on the Hot 100, as the 1984 release hits a new best rank, surpassing its prior No. 3 peak. It tallied 33.2 million streams (up 63%), 18.2 million in radio reach (up 14%) and 2,000 sold (up 76%) in the tracking week.
Wham! — the duo of George Michael who died in 2016, and Andrew Ridgeley — posts its highest Hot 100 rank in 40-and-a-half years, since “Everything She Wants” fell to No. 2 on the June 8, 1985, chart, after three weeks at No. 1.
Here’s a recap of Wham!’s seven Hot 100 top 10s:
- No. 1 peak, three weeks, 1984, “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”
- No. 1, three, 1985, “Careless Whisper”
- No. 1, two, 1985, “Everything She Wants”
- No. 2 (to date), 2025, “Last Christmas”
- No. 3, 1985, “Freedom”
- No. 3, 1986, “I’m Your Man”
- No. 10, 1986, “The Edge of Heaven”
(Michael earned 15 Hot 100 top 10s a solo recording artist through 1996. He last ranked in the top two as a soloist on the chart dated Feb. 1, 1992, when his and Elton John’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” was No. 1.)
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Five More Festive Top 10s
Holiday hits adorn seven places in the latest Hot 100’s top 10. Below Carey and Wham!’s hits, Lee dances merrily 7-3 with “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.” The classic from 1958 totaled 30.8 million streams (up 60%), 20.5 million in airplay audience (up 34%) and 2,000 sold (up 69%) in the tracking week.
The late Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” trots 8-4 on the Hot 100. The 1957 release, which has reached No. 3, drew 30.5 million streams (up 71%) and 20 million airplay audience impressions (up 26%) and sold 1,000 (up 70%).
Ariana Grande’s 2014 letter to the North Pole, “Santa Tell Me,” which has hit No. 5 on the Hot 100, rises 13-8, led by 24.8 million streams (up 61%) and 7.7 million in radio reach (up 17%).
Late legend Nat “King” Cole’s “The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You)” lifts 18-9 on the Hot 100, revisiting its peak. First recorded by Cole in 1946, the song totaled 22.6 million streams (up 70%) and 16.5 million in radio audience (up 33%) in the tracking week.
Additionally, the late Andy Williams’ “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” flies 17-10 on the Hot 100. The 1963 release, which has climbed to No. 5, drew 20.7 million streams (up 70%) and 18.7 million in airplay audience (up 20%).
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‘Golden’ & Rest of Top 10
HUNTR/X’s “Golden,” from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters, is the highest-charting non-holiday hit on the Hot 100, down 2-5 after eight weeks at No. 1 beginning in August.
Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” falls five spots to No. 6 on the Hot 100 after spending its first eight weeks at No. 1, having tied “Anti-Hero” for her longest-leading career hit.
Plus, Alex Warren’s “Ordinary,” which ruled the Hot 100 for 10 weeks starting in May, descends 3-7.
