Not that Mariah Carey needs anymore ‘Queen of Christmas’ cred, but Billboard is giving it to her anyway — her mega holiday hit just shattered another record!
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” has been sitting atop the Hot 100 chart for 3 consecutive weeks now, which gives it 17 total weeks at number one since its release in 1994 — and it now reigns as Mariah’s longest-running chart-topper.
On Monday, MC celebrated the achievement by reposting Billboard’s Instagram photo featuring the news.
She put a caption of the original post which read, “This is amazing!!!! Will never ever ever ever ever take this for granted. Merry early Christmas!!!!”
Mimi’s previous longest-running number one was “One Sweet Day” — her 1995 hit with Boyz II Men — and, BTW, ‘All I Want’ is now poised for a possible run at even more history.
If it stays at number one for 2 more weeks — which is possible considering the time of year — it would tie for longest-running number one ever. That record is currently co-held by Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” and Shaboozey‘s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” … both at 19 weeks.
As much as Mariah’s hit will be played on radio and streamed by all of you (ya probably heard it within the last 10 minutes) … it’s certainly plausible she gets the record.
If she doesn’t get it, though, there’s always next year … when ‘All I Want’ will almost certainly top the Hot 100 again.
All hail the queen!