Billboard said Carey\u2019s 1994 song had been replaced on the Global 200 chart by Wham\u2019s Christmas hit, released a decade earlier in 1984<\/a>.<\/p>\n This marks the first time a Christmas song besides Carey\u2019s unimpeachable \u201cAll I Want For Christmas is You\u201d has topped the chart since its launch in September 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n Billboard said that Carey\u2019s anthem has topped the Global 200 chart for a record total of 19 weeks since December 2020.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, \u201cLast Christmas\u201d reached its highest-ever position on the Billboard Hot 100 and Holiday 100 charts, at No. 2, behind \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Mariah Carey\u2019s unimpeachable \u2018All I Want For Christmas Is You\u2019 has fallen to No.2 on the Billboard Global 200 (Getty Images for BET)<\/p>\n Wham! member Andrew Ridgeley<\/a> \u2014 who formed the British pop duo in 1981 with the late George Michael \u2014 said in a statement that he was \u201cdelighted\u201d to learn that Wham!\u2019s perennial Christmas favorite had secured the spot.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cThank you everyone who has embraced the song as a little piece of their own Merry Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite the change in ranking on the Billboard charts, Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d continues to dominate the radio airwaves, playlists and festive parties across the world. <\/p>\n Released three decades ago, Carey is still reaping the benefits of the record-breaking Christmas classic<\/a>, pulling in millions of dollars in royalties annually, according to estimates.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Singers George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley formed the pop duo Wham!, responsible for the festive hit \u2018Last Christmas\u2019 (Getty Images)<\/p>\n Each year, Carey earns an estimated $2.5 to $3 million from royalties for the song, data from Forbes<\/a> and The Economist<\/a> suggest.<\/p>\n As of 2017, the song had generated over $60 million through royalties since its release, according to The Economist. Carey\u2019s co-writer, Walter Afanasieff, is also expected to make a significant chunk of royalties. It is the most-streamed holiday track of all time.<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n Mariah Carey kicked off the 2025 festive season with a playful video in which she disciplined an unruly elf (Mariah Carey)<\/p>\n In November each year, Carey shares a video on social media, often seen as the annual harbinger of the Christmas period.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s offering showed Carey disciplining an unruly elf for stealing her lipstick, singing the phrase \u201cit\u2019s time\u201d in a high-pitched voice before riding off in a sleigh.<\/p>\n \u201cAll I Want for Christmas is You\u201d is the highest-charting holiday single by a solo artist on the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 and routinely lands on the music charts in dozens of countries year after year.<\/p>\n The Christmas anthem made history in 2021, when it became the first and only holiday song to win the RIAA\u2019s Diamond Award, which recognizes 10 million sales and streaming units in the U.S.<\/p>\n Wham! rose to fame after appearing on the British music programme Top of the Pops, and subsequently released the songs including \u201cBad Boys\u201d, \u201cClub Tropicana\u201d and \u201cWake Me Up Before You Go-Go\u201d. 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