Mariah Carey Moves Up On A Historic Ranking As She Returns To No. 1

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now tied with "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz as the ninth-longest-running Hot 100 hit of all time as it returns to No. 1. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 15: Mariah Carey performs onstage during her "All I Want For Christmas Is You" tour at Madison Square Garden on December 15, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for MC)

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As has been the case every year for more than half a decade now, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” returns to the No. 1 space on the Hot 100. The holiday staple is, once again, the biggest song in America, and it may command the most competitive ranking of hugely popular cuts for several more frames before the Christmas season has passed again.

As “All I Want for Christmas Is You” bounces back to No. 1, the track makes history in several ways and even ties as one of the longest-running smashes of all time.

Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” Soars

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” has now spent 76 nonconsecutive weeks somewhere on the Hot 100. The Carey cut racked up that sum across a quarter century, as the single debuted on the tally back in 2000 – even though it was initially released in 1994.

As “All I Want for Christmas Is You” advances from 75 frames to 76, the song ties as the ninth-longest-charting track in the ranking’s history. It now sits on the same level as “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz, a cut that made history when it spent 76 turns on the Hot 100 between the years 2008 and 2009. Nearly all of the songs that have managed longer runs on the tally have done so since “I’m Yours” enjoyed its streak, and for a period, Mraz claimed the longest-charting success of all time.

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” Eyes Another Milestone

Next week, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” will advance again and tie a pair of smash singles. Both “Levitating” by Dua Lipa and “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey held on for 77 frames, and they jointly claim the seventh-longest stretch on the Hot 100. Shaboozey did so entirely on his own, while “Levitating” was credited to both Lipa and DaBaby for most of its time on the chart, although a solo version also added to the track’s total.

How Much Longer Will Mariah Carey Rule the Hot 100?

With any luck, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” could command the Hot 100 for several more frames before it quickly disappears, as it has done year after year. There are two more tracking periods between now and Christmas Day, and Americans will likely continue to listen to the carol even after Santa comes again.

The classic might finish the 2025 holiday season with a total of 78 weeks, or perhaps 79 somewhere on the 100-spot roster. If Carey’s standard can reach 79 turns on the tally, it will improve its all-time standing again and match “Sail” by Awolnation as the sixth-longest-charting hit ever.

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It will be years before “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is able to ascend again on the list of the longest-charting tracks in the history of the Hot 100, at least as the ranking stands at the moment. Teddy Swims reset the record earlier in 2025, when “Lose Control” held on for 112 weeks. His unstoppable tune is followed by “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals (91 weeks), “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd (90), “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone (89), and “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons (87).

If “All I Want for Christmas Is You” continues to return to the Hot 100 every year – which seems highly likely unless Billboard changes its rules – there is no telling how many frames the song will rack up.

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As “All I Want for Christmas Is You” continues as one of the 10 longest-charting Hot 100 wins ever, the song also makes history in an even more impressive manner. As of this period, the jolliest tune of all is tied as the track with the most weeks at No. 1. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is matched with both “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus, and Carey will almost assuredly pull ahead very soon.