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Mariah Carey Becomes First Artist In History To Have A Number One Song In Four Different Decades

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;mariah-carey-drops-star-studded-new-video-for-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you&sol;">Mariah Carey<&sol;a> has a lot of thanks to give her Lambs for their endless efforts to help her make history&excl; After topping the charts for the last few weeks with her Christmas classic &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All I Want For Christmas Is You&comma;” Mariah will be number one for another week—and that will officially make her the first artist in history to have a number one song in four different decades&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&commat;Billboard reports <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;billboard&period;com&sol;articles&sol;business&sol;chart-beat&sol;8547157&sol;mariah-carey-number-one-hot-100-four-decades-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you">the historic news<&sol;a> that just further solidified Mariah Carey’s legendary status&period; For the third week in a row&comma; Mimi’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All I Want For Christmas Is You” tops the Billboard Hot 100&comma; making her the first artist to reach the top of the chart in the 1990s&comma; 2000s&comma; 2010s and now 2020s&comma; as this week&&num;8217&semi;s chart numbers will end on January 4&comma; 2020&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-reactid&equals;"20">The song was originally released in 1994&comma; and recently became Mariah’s 19<sup>th<&sol;sup> number one single after finally reaching the top of the Hot 100 25 years after its release&period; This allowed Mariah to snatch the crown as the solo artist with the most number one singles in history&period; She also holds the record for most singles &lpar;10&rpar; to have topped the chart for three weeks or more&comma; although she is still two songs away from beating The Beatles&comma; who have 20 number ones overall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The song’s historic week was made possible by a 33&percnt; increase in streaming&comma; as the song registered 72&period;2 million U&period;S&period; streams for the week ending December 26<sup>th<&sol;sup>&period; It also sold 17&comma;000 digital copies and captured 30&period;9 million radio impressions across the same time period&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Following Mariah&comma; Stevie Wonder&comma; Michael Jackson&comma; Janet Jackson&comma; Elton John&comma; Madonna&comma; Christina Aguilera&comma; Britney Spears&comma; and Usher have all had number songs in three different decades&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"55795" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;mariah-carey-becomes-first-artist-in-history-to-have-a-number-one-song-in-four-different-decades&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0d81ef196e"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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