{"id":167012,"date":"2025-12-04T03:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/167012\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T03:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T03:17:14","slug":"will-mariah-careys-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-top-the-hot-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/167012\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Top the Hot 100?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Contenders<\/a> is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts. This week, for the upcoming Billboard Hot 100 <\/a>dated Dec. 13, we look at the chances of Mariah Carey to claim her record-tying 19th week at No. 1 with her holiday perennial.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tMariah Carey, \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d (Columbia): \u201cChristmas\u201d came early to the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 last month, with Carey<\/a>\u2019s holiday staple setting a record<\/a> for its earliest visit in the calendar to the chart dated Nov. 15. In the weeks since, \u201cChristmas\u201d has continued to bound up the Hot 100, and ranks at No. 5 on this week\u2019s chart (dated Dec. 6), the highest of the four holiday titles now ranking in the top 10.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe song will undoubtedly jump on next week\u2019s chart, with Thanksgiving last Thursday (Nov. 27) marking the semi-official start of the holiday season, and the beginning of seasonal playlist ubiquity on streaming and radio. Carey\u2019s \u201cChristmas\u201d has dutifully ascended to the No. 1 position on the Apple Music real-time chart and the runner-up spot on Spotify\u2019s Daily Top Songs USA listing, while also beginning its spread on the airwaves, trending towards the top 25 of next week\u2019s Radio Songs chart after reentering at No. 40 this week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIt all adds up to a convincing case for next week being the week that Carey captures the No. 1 spot for the seventh consecutive holiday season. If it does, it will dethrone Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d which has reigned for its first eight weeks on the chart \u2014 tying \u201cAnti-Hero\u201d for the longest-leading of Swift\u2019s 13 No. 1s on the Hot 100 \u2014 and also technically mark the song\u2019s earliest return to the top spot on the chart dated Dec. 13 (with last year\u2019s return coming a day later in the calendar, on the Dec. 14-dated chart).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cChristmas\u201d will make additional chart history if and when it recaptures pole position. Its next week atop the chart will mark its 19th total, which will tie Lil Nas X\u2019s Billy Ray Cyrus-featuring \u201cOld Town Road\u201d and Shaboozey\u2019s \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy)\u201d for the longest-reigning No. 1 in Hot 100 history. And with several chart weeks left before we turn the calendar on \u201cChristmas,\u201d it seems a strong likelihood that this will be the year the song captures week No. 20 atop the chart, giving Carey the gift of sole possession of the longest-running No. 1 in Hot 100 history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBrenda Lee, \u201cRockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree\u201d (Decca\/MCA Nashville\/UMe): The lone other holiday song to capture the weekly crown since Mariah started her run of dominance, Brenda Lee<\/a>\u2019s fellow perennial should also be in the mix for No. 1 this holiday season. In fact, it\u2019s ahead of Carey\u2019s classic on Spotify\u2019s Daily Top Songs USA chart, where it\u2019s reigned since Thanksgiving. On the Hot 100, it rises to the top 10 this week for the first time this season, landing at No. 7.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWithout a major narrative hook to \u201cRockin’\u201d this year \u2014 especially compared to the chart history Carey is staring down \u2014 it might be hard for it to get past \u201cAll I Want\u201d on the weekly chart. But \u201cRockin\u2019\u201d does usually amp up a little closer to the holidays, and it is up 47% in radio reach through the first four days of this tracking week (Nov. 28-Dec. 1), compared to the previous week, according to Luminate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWham!, \u201cLast Christmas\u201d (Columbia\/Legacy): The George Michael<\/a>-penned Christmas classic edged out Bobby Helms\u2019 \u201cJingle Bell Rock\u201d for the bronze medal on last year\u2019s Christmas-week Hot 100, helped by the song\u2019s 40th-anniversary celebration (and vinyl re-release). It should be in contention for the No. 3 spot, its peak to date, again this year \u2014 and in fact currently ranks ahead of \u201cRockin\u2019\u201d on the Hot 100, where it sits at No. 6 as the second-highest-ranking holiday title.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIt might be tough for Wham!<\/a> to get in the mix for the top two once the holidays approach, however, as \u201cRockin\u2019\u201d has passed on both the Spotify and Apple Music charts (as well as on iTunes), and \u201cRockin\u2019\u201d is also growing faster on radio (with \u201cLast Christmas\u201d up just 19% in airplay audience so far this tracking week). But in 2026, the song should be the holiday title to watch, as the 10th anniversary of George Michael\u2019s death \u2014 which occurred, too fittingly, on Christmas night in 2016 \u2014 is commemorated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n


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