{"id":767227,"date":"2019-12-18T06:55:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T06:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/18\/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-mariah-classic-finally-tops-us-chart\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T06:55:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T06:55:16","slug":"all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-mariah-classic-finally-tops-us-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/18\/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-mariah-classic-finally-tops-us-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"All I Want For Christmas is You: Mariah classic finally tops US chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mariah Carey\u2019s classic festive song All I Want For Christmas is You has finally topped the US charts \u2013 25 years after it was first released.<\/p>\n

When the hit song made its debut in 1994 it was as an EP and not a single, meaning it wasn\u2019t allowed to compete in Billboard\u2019s Hot 100.<\/p>\n

Rule changes saw the song first enter the chart in 2000 and in recent years it has edged closer to the top spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did it,\u201d Carey tweeted, with a string of emojis to convey happy tears.<\/p>\n

All I Want For Christmas Is You is one of the most familiar tunes at this time of year on both sides of the Atlantic, and is currently\u00a0the UK\u2019s most-streamed song on Spotify.<\/p>\n

The song got a popularity boost in 2003 when it featured prominently in the hit film Love Actually.<\/p>\n

For its 25th anniversary Carey promoted the festive earworm even harder than usual, analysts said, with a social media drive beginning just after Halloween.<\/p>\n

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We did it https:\/\/twitter.com\/billboardcharts\/status\/1206629898732888065\u00a0\u2026<\/a>Billboard Charts<\/strong>\u2714<\/strong>.@MariahCarey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want For Christmas Is You\u201d is officially No. 1 on the #Hot100 for the first time this week, 25 years after its release.<\/a>323K<\/a>6:00 PM \u2013 Dec 16, 2019<\/a>Twitter Ads info and privacy<\/a>49.4K people are talking about this<\/a><\/p>\n

She also produced a new video and released it as a stand-alone CD single for the first time.<\/p>\n

According to Billboard, the song secured 45 million streams, 34 million radio plays and 27,000 digital sales in the past week alone.<\/p>\n

It is Carey\u2019s 19th number one hit in the Hot 100 \u2013 meaning she beat the record she already held as the most chart-topping solo artist.<\/p>\n

Overall she\u2019s second only to The Beatles, who had 20 songs hit the top spot.<\/p>\n

In a New York Times interview, Carey said of the number one milestone: \u201cIt\u2019s something my die-hard fans think about, and people that are really close to me are talking to me about it literally all year.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I don\u2019t need something else to validate the existence of this song. I used to pick it apart whenever I listened to it, but at this point, I feel like I\u2019m finally able to enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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