JAKARTA – The world’s pop diva, Mariah Carey, has once again proved her title as the unshakable queen of winter.
Through her legendary song released in 1994, “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, Carey has just carved a new history by breaking the record for the longest leadership at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Billboard’s latest data reveals that the Christmas-themed song has now officially reigned for 20 weeks at number one.
This achievement makes Mariah Carey successful in shifting the dominance previously held by Lil Nas X through the song “Old Town Road” (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) and Shaboozey’s hit song, “A Bar Song (Tipsy)”. Both songs previously held the record together with a record of 19 weeks at the top position.
Not only that, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is now listed as having been on the Hot 100 chart for 77 weeks, which also equals the record for “Levitating” by Dua Lipa as the longest-running song by a female soloist in the chart history.
This is not the first time for Mariah Carey to record gold ink on Billboard. Much earlier, in 1995, her collaboration with Boyz II Men on the song “One Sweet Day” also dominated by spending 16 weeks at the top position and holding the record for 23 years before finally being broken.
The dominance of Christmas-themed songs is very felt in the December period, where eight of the top ten of the Hot 100 chart are dominated by holiday songs.
Following Carey, there is Brenda Lee’s classic song, “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in second place, followed by Wham!’s “Last Christmas”, “Jingle Bell Rock” by Bobby Helms, and Ariana Grande’s song “Santa Tell Me”.
In the midst of the onslaught of seasonal songs, there are only two non-Christmas songs that are able to survive in the top ranks, namely “Golden” by Huntrx in sixth place and “The Fate of Ophelia” by Taylor Swift in seventh place.
Even though the single song competition is dominated by the Christmas atmosphere, Taylor Swift still shows her strength on the Billboard 200 album chart. Her latest album, “The Life of a Showgirl”, managed to maintain the top position for nine consecutive weeks, holding off the onslaught of Christmas albums such as Michael Bublé, Bing Crosby, and Nat King Cole who climbed into the top ten.
This phenomenon reinforces the position of Mariah Carey and Taylor Swift as two major forces that remain relevant in the global music industry despite market trends being seasonal.
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