MARIAH CAREY'S “ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU” ASCENDS TO #1 ON BILLBOARD HOT 100

THIS MARKS MARIAH CAREY’S 19^th #1 ON THE CHART MAKING HISTORY AS THE MOST #1’S ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 BY A SOLO ARTIST

 “THE BEST-SELLING CHRISTMAS ALBUM OF ALL-TIME,” MERRY CHRISTMAS (DELUXE ANNIVERSARY EDITION), OUT NOW

Incomparable, multi-platinum, multiple Grammy award-winning global superstar Mariah Carey (the best-selling female artist of all time with 19 Hot 100 #1 hits) claims #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with her immortal holiday classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” This marks the first time in the song’s 25-year history it captured #1 on the respective chart after ascending to #3 in 2018. It also stands out as her 19^th number one entry on the Hot 100, making history as the most Hot 100 #1’s by a solo artist ever and the second most Hot 100 #1’s by any artist – breaking a tie with Elvis Presley and one behind The Beatles.

“All I Want For Christmas Is You” can be found on the definitive version of “The Best-Selling Christmas Album of All-Time,” Merry Christmas (Deluxe Anniversary Edition)—available now.

Get it HERE via Sony Music Entertainment’s Legacy Recordings.

The song remains a perennial holiday staple, as it approaches 1 billion streams worldwide. Mariah earned a Guinness World Record for “the highest-charting holiday (Christmas/New Year) song on the Billboard Hot 100 by a solo artist,” and “it spent 36 cumulative weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s holiday chart since 2011 – the highest any holiday song in history has charted,” as reported by Variety.

The holidays wouldn’t be the same without Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas. Originally released on November 1^st, 1994, it went on to receive a 6x platinum certification from the RIAA, sell 15 million copies worldwide, and earn the title of “The Best-Selling Christmas Album of All-Time.” The single “All I Want For Christmas Is You” scored a 6x platinum certification and ascended into the Hot 100 as her 28^th Top 10 single on the respective chart. Just last year, its eternal power would be reaffirmed in 2018. It emerged in the Top 5 of the Hot 100 as “the second holiday song in sixty years to peak in the Top 5.” Moving over 16 million copies around the globe, it remains the 11^th best-selling single of all time. Plus, it spawned a children’s book and animated family film. Amazon Music also recently unveiled an exclusive mini-documentary entitled “Mariah Carey Is Christmas: The Story of ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You,’ offering the ultimate deep dive into the origin of the groundbreaking holiday song from the multi-GRAMMY-award-winning artist.

The Queen of Christmas shines brighter, bigger, and bolder than ever.