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Mariah Carey’s Christmas Classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” Finally Hits Number One On Billboard 25 Years After Its Release

<p>Attention all Lambs&comma; this one’s for you&excl; We all know that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;mariah-carey-breaks-3-new-guinness-world-records-thanks-to-her-holiday-hit-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you&sol;">Mariah<&sol;a> Carey’s ridiculously popular Christmas classic &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All I Want For Christmas Is You&comma;” is just as in demand now as it was 25 years ago when it was released&period; However&comma; despite the song breaking endless music chart and Guinness records&comma; it never reached number on Billboard…until now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This year is the 25<sup>th<&sol;sup> anniversary of Mariah Carey’s ultimate Christmas anthem&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All I Want For Christmas Is You”—and the self-proclaimed Queen of Christmas has a new reason to celebrate the song&period; As of this week&comma; it’s officially &lpar;and finally&rpar; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;billboard&period;com&sol;articles&sol;business&sol;chart-beat&sol;8546418&sol;mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-number-one">number one song in the country<&sol;a>&comma; topping the current Billboard Hot 100 chart&period; It’s the first Christmas song to reach the top of the charts since &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Chipmunk Song” back in 1958&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B6JJ9rJh-nS" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This also marks Mariah’s 19<sup>th<&sol;sup> number one song&comma; which now means that she is just one song away from breaking The Beatles overall record of 20 number ones&period; Mariah tops the Hot 100 for the first time since April 19&comma; 2008&comma; when her 18th number one&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Touch My Body&comma;&&num;8221&semi; spent its second of two weeks on top&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Upon its initial release on Mariah’s 1994 album &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Merry Christmas&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All I Want For Christmas Is You” was not a commercially-available single and due to the rules at the time&comma; it was not eligible to chart on the Hot 100&comma; even though it did reach number 12 on the Radio Songs chart that year&period; In December 1998&comma; when album cuts became eligible for the Hot 100&comma; the song entered the chart for the first time on January 8&comma; 2000&comma; spending a week at number 83&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We’re sure Mariah is going to have a very Merry Christmas with this news&excl;<&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;"55418" 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-careys-christmas-classic-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-finally-hits-number-one-on-billboard-25-years-after-its-release&sol;" data-secure&equals;"a5508e3f4d"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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