{"id":2209481,"date":"2025-12-23T06:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2209481"},"modified":"2025-12-23T06:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:02:19","slug":"mariah-carey-wham-holiday-songs-hit-no-1-on-global-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mariah-carey-wham-holiday-songs-hit-no-1-on-global-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey &#038; Wham! Holiday Songs Hit No. 1 on Global Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/mariah-carey\/\">Mariah Carey<\/a>\u2018s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d adds a record-extending 20th week at No. 1 on the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-global-200\">Billboard Global 200<\/a>, rebounding a spot to the summit. The 1994 modern classic widens its lead over HUNTR\/X\u2019s \u201cGolden\u201d and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars\u2019 \u201cDie With a Smile,\u201d each in second place with 18 weeks on top, for the longest command since the chart began in September 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-global-excl-us\">Billboard Global Excl. U.S.<\/a> chart, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/wham\/\">Wham!<\/a>\u2019s \u201cLast Christmas,\u201d from 1984, lifts two spots to reign for the first time. It\u2019s the second holiday hit to top the tally, after \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d (14 weeks, over the 2020-24 holiday seasons). A week ago, \u201cLast Christmas\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/wham-last-christmas-global-200-number-one-1236137915\/\">led<\/a> the Global 200 for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tElsewhere, carols by Dean Martin and Sia return to the top 10 of the respective charts, and El Bogueto and Yung Beef\u2019s \u201cCuando No Era Cantante\u201d blasts 23-5 on Global Excl. U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tChart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts\u2019 calculations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d tops the Global 200 with 101.6 million streams (up 8% week-over-week) and 7,000 sold (up 2%) worldwide in the week ending Dec. 18.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cLast Christmas\u201d dips to No. 2 on the Global 200; Brenda Lee\u2019s \u201cRockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree\u201d climbs 5-3, after the 1958 recording hit a No. 2 best in 2022; Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d holds at No. 4, after three weeks at No. 1 beginning in October; and Bobby Helms\u2019 \u201cJingle Bell Rock\u201d trots 6-5, after the 1957 single reached No. 4 over the 2020 holidays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPlus, Dean Martin\u2019s \u201cLet It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!\u201d storms 11-9 on the Global 200, with the 1959 release having hit No. 6 over the 2023 holiday season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cLast Christmas\u201d becomes Wham!\u2019s first Global Excl. U.S. No. 1, with 64.7 million streams (up 5%) and 3,000 sold (up 22%) beyond the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cThe Fate of Ophelia\u201d is steady at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S., after three weeks at No. 1 starting in October; \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d dashes 4-3; and \u201cGolden\u201d falls to No. 4 from the top spot after a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/huntr-x-golden-number-1-global-charts-19th-week-1236137981\/\">record-tying<\/a> 19 weeks at No. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEl Bogueto and Yung Beef\u2019s \u201cCuando No Era Cantante\u201d surges 23-5 on Global Excl. U.S., becoming the first top 10 on the chart for the respective Mexican and Spanish artists, up 77% to 47.7 million streams outside the U.S. Among its reigns on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/genre\/hits-of-the-world\/\">Hits of the World<\/a> charts, the collab rules Mexico Songs for an eighth week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlso decorating the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Sia\u2019s \u201cSnowman\u201d heats up (safely) 11-9; it reached No. 4 in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Dec. 27) will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Dec. 23. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<em>Luminate, the independent data provider to the <\/em>Billboard<em> charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with <\/em>Billboard<em>, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.billboard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mariah Carey\u2018s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d adds a record-extending 20th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, rebounding a spot to the summit. The 1994 modern classic widens its lead over HUNTR\/X\u2019s \u201cGolden\u201d and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars\u2019 \u201cDie With a Smile,\u201d each in second place with 18 weeks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2209482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[334086,309165,21932],"class_list":["post-2209481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-chart-beat","tag-genre-pop","tag-music-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Mariah-Carey-Wham-Holiday-Songs-Hit-No-1-on.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2209483,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209481\/revisions\/2209483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2209482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}