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Mariah's 1994 hit and now classic Christmas tune "All I Want For Christmas Is You" continues its amazing performance on the official UK Singles Chart by climbing 4 spots from #8 to #4 this week!

 

The song is 2 spots away from its peak position (#2) which it achieved back in 1994.

 

A re-written version of Mariah and Whitney Houston's 1998 duet "When You Believe", recorded by X-Factor winner Leon Jackson, is expected to be the #1 single in the UK next week.

 

Digital download of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is available at iTunes, Woolworths or 7 Digital.

Number 4 position in the UK. ^

 

As previously reported, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" hit #4 on the UK Singles chart this past week. The single sold 19,453 copies this past week (an increase of more than 46% from last week), bringing its total to 471,521. The song should come near/over 500,000 copies by the end of the year.

 

UK single sales. ^

 

Despite gaining nearly 6 million in radio audience impressions (to 46 million audience impressions), "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has dropped 3 spots on the Digital Songs Chart and 13% in downloads, to 53,018 downloads this week. Total sales for the track stand at 818,334 downloads.

 

Here's last year's stats for comparison:

12/20/06 #07 (46,033) 502,578 49.3 million

U.S. Chart update. ^

 

On NBC's "Clash of the Choirs" tonight, Nick Lachey's team, competing for the Cincinnati Children's Hospital charity, performed Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" in the Holiday category.

 

Choir director Patti LaBelle said of Team Lachey's performance: "I love that song. I love Mariah Carey. And I'm so happy you chose that song."

 

On Clash Of The Choirs this past Thursday night. ^

 

The Conflict: Can Mariah Carey's classic holiday song melt the cold hearts of Christmas scrooges?

 

So, the past couple of Showdowns we've examined have been entirely theoretical, but today we actually have some life experience related to the matter at hand.

 

We have long believed in the magical powers of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You." Released 13 years ago, it's the only Christmas song to reach iTune's top 10 most downloaded list, and it continually tops Billboard charts every December. Love Actually, one of our favorite holiday movies, seems to be based entirely on this song.

 

If commercial success weren't enough, there's that warm fuzzy feeling we get every time we hear the simple chimes of a xylophone at the very beginning of the song. It gives us just enough time to shush everyone so they can enjoy the greatness about to play out.

 

From there it just gets better, the slow start, the piano that speeds the song up, the backup vocals, the lamest bass line ever, the jingle bells, Mariah's voice reaching octaves inaccessible to humans and, most of all, the title lyric that fills our heart with love for love.

 

We thought this song was enough to cure even the most extreme cases of bah humbuggery. But something happened this past weekend that changed the world as we knew it.

 

While at a deejay-it-yourself holiday party, we thought it would be okay to bring on the Christmas cheer with the best holiday song ever...because we attended the holiday party to celebrate the holidays, right? But no, completely shut down. It was exclusively a Neutral Milk Hotel kind of night. No festive songs at all.

 

Based on experience, it looks like the win goes to the Scrooges.

 

Honestly though, we don't want to live in a world where there's no "All I Want for Christmas Is You" at holiday parties. We're going to go on naively believing everyone is as into this song as they should be. In fact, we bet Mariah sends plenty of indie-Scrooge hearts aflutter when there's no one else around.

 

Are we wrong? Are there any other songs out there that you believe can warm the coldest of hearts? Has anyone else unexpectedly experienced the Mariah Carey backlash? Let it all out in the Comments.

Interesting article about the song. ^

 

"All I Want For Christmas Is You" seems to have peaked on the UK singles chart for the year of 2007, peaking at #4 last week falling to #6 this week.

 

However, despite falling two places on the UK singles chart, the song gained 10% in sales to 21,447 copies. Total sales for the song now stand at 492,968 copies.

 

In related news, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has re-entered the UK airplay charts at an impressive #4 this week (which is also its peak position).

 

UK Chart update. ^

 

All articles come from the source below.

 

Source: - Mariah Daily Journal.

Edited December 28, 200717 yr by Flatcap

Peaking at #4 this year is actually better than where the track would have been last year had it been eligible to re-enter the chart. Amazing. :D Also the highest Christmas song to chart. ^_^