Mariah Carey got a little something special in her stocking this Christmas.
The hitmaker, 54, who has been spotted in Aspen, received the good news that her perineal hit, All I Want for Christmas Is You, is the number one holiday hit on Spotify. Again.
The snappy hit about love and longing at Yuletide was first released in 1994 and it’s been on fans’ nice lists ever since.
This year, the song was streamed 23,701,697 times on Spotify, breaking last year’s record of 21,273,357.
Mariah’s version of All I Want for Christmas was also the Christmas number one on the Billboard Holiday 100 and has spent some 59 weeks on that spot over the year.
Mariah Carey got a little something special in her stocking this Christmas. The hitmaker, 54, received the good news that her perineal hit, All I Want for Christmas Is You, is the number one holiday hit on Spotify with 23,701,697 streams
The Queen of Christmas was briefly dethroned when Brenda Lee, 79, reached the top of the charts for the first time in six decades when a new video and push for her annual favorite Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.
Mariah was very gracious when the former teen queen took number one, sending her a bouquet of flowers and a sweet note which read, ‘Dear Ms. Brenda, Congratulations on your historic #1. Have a merry Christmas, Love, Mariah.
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree has remained steady at number two, followed by Jingle Bell Rock, first released in 1957 at number three.
Wham’s 1986 Last Christmas landed at number four, and Burl Ives’ A Holly Jolly Christmas, rounded out the top five.
Audiences became familiar with the song after the balladeer sang it as Sam the Snowman in the holiday classic TV movie Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
Mariah made a recent trip to Washington, DC, where the hit was inducted into the National Recording Registry.
‘Thank you so much Ms. Carla Hayden and team for inducting “All I Want For Christmas Is You” in the National Recording Registry and for hosting me at the Library of Congress yesterday ❤️’ Mariah posted on December 15.
The trip to DC also included a visit to the Oval office, where the Grammy winner and her children, Monroe and Moroccan, 12, met President Joe Biden.
Mariah and her version of All I Want for Christmas is You was inducted into the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress this year
Brenda Lee briefly dethroned the Queen of Christmas when she released a video for her 1958 hit Rockin’ Around the Christmas tree reached number one for the first time
Ariana Grande’s new single Santa Tell Me was congratulated for becoming the newest member of the Billions Club, and ended the season at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100
Mariah released a new video for the song December 7, showing highlights from her annual Christmas concert show.
The video includes lots of behind the scenes footage and fan lip syncing.
Several hitmakers, including Meghan Trainor and Jimmy Fallon, Brandy and Samara Joy entered the holiday contest with albums and singles of their own.
Ariana Grande came out on top in that contest. Her new single Santa Tell Me was congratulated for becoming the newest member of the Billions Club, and ended the season at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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