"Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is now the longest-running No. 1 song in U.S. chart history. The 1994 modern Christmas classic has spent a cumulative 20 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100, breaking the previous record of 19 weeks shared by Shaboozey's " A Bar Song (Tipsy)" and Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus' " Old Town Road.""
"First appearing on Carey's Merry Christmas album, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was originally ineligible for the Hot 100 because it was not released as a commercial single. Following a rules change, the song made its debut on the singles chart in 2000. "All I Want for Christmas Is You" first hit No. 1 for two weeks in 2019-the longest a song had ever taken to do so-and has consistently topped the chart every year since."
"For more than two decades, Carey's Boyz II Men duet "One Sweet Day," from her 1995 album , held the longest run atop the Billboard Hot 100. Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi's "Despacito" remix, featuring Justin Bieber, tied the record in 2017, and "Old Town Road" finally surpassed it in 2019. Carey shared her latest album, Here for It All, earlier this year."
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" has accumulated 20 cumulative weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the longest-running chart topper in U.S. history. The song first appeared on the Merry Christmas album and was originally ineligible for the Hot 100 because it was not released as a commercial single; a rules change allowed its chart debut in 2000. The track first reached No. 1 for two weeks in 2019 and has returned to the top repeatedly each holiday season. Previous record-holders included the duet "One Sweet Day," the "Despacito" remix, and "Old Town Road." Carey released Here for It All this year, received the 2025 MTV VMA Video Vanguard Award, will be honored as MusiCares' 2026 Person of the Year, and will perform at the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan.
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