I can't do the usual formatting this week, sorry! Should be back to normal next week.

 

TW LW WOC Title Artist ( Peak )

1 1 50 All I Want For Christmas Is You ‒ Mariah Carey ( 1 )

2 2 44 Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree ‒ Brenda Lee ( 2 )

3 4 41 Jingle Bell Rock ‒ Bobby Helms ( 3 )

4 5 25 A Holly Jolly Christmas ‒ Burl Ives ( 4 )

5 3 11 Easy On Me ‒ Adele ( 1 )

6 7 26 It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year ‒ Andy Williams ( 5 )

7 9 24 Last Christmas ‒ Wham! ( 7 )

8 11 19 Feliz Navidad ‒ Jose Feliciano ( 6 )

9 6 24 Stay ‒ The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber ( 1 )

10 13 15 Sleigh Ride ‒ The Ronettes ( 10 )

11 15 31 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) ‒ Nat King Cole ( 11 )

12 17 18 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow ‒ Dean Martin ( 8 )

13 18 14 Underneath The Tree ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 12 )

14 New 1 Broadway Girls ‒ Lil Durk Featuring Morgan Wallen ( 14 )

15 8 49 Heat Waves ‒ Glass Animals ( 7 )

16 25 11 Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) ‒ Darlene Love ( 16 )

17 19 11 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas ‒ Perry Como And The Fontane Sisters With Mitchell Ayres And His Orchestra ( 12 )

18 24 12 Santa Tell Me ‒ Ariana Grande ( 17 )

19 21 16 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer ‒ Gene Autry ( 16 )

20 22 12 Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season ‒ Andy Williams ( 18 )

21 27 24 White Christmas ‒ Bing Crosby ( 12 )

22 10 22 Industry Baby ‒ Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow ( 1 )

23 12 15 Shivers ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 5 )

24 14 28 Need To Know ‒ Doja Cat ( 8 )

25 32 13 Run Rudolph Run ‒ Chuck Berry ( 10 )

26 20 7 Super Gremlin ‒ Kodak Black ( 20 )

27 16 5 abcdefu ‒ GAYLE ( 15 )

28 28 11 (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays ‒ Perry Como ( 22 )

29 23 16 Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) ‒ Elton John & Dua Lipa ( 11 )

30 36 9 It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas ‒ Michael Buble ( 20 )

31 26 26 Bad Habits ‒ Ed Sheeran ( 2 )

32 30 7 Smokin Out The Window ‒ Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak) ( 5 )

33 ReEntry 3 Jingle Bells ‒ Frank Sinatra ( 33 )

34 44 4 You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch ‒ Thurl Ravenscroft ( 32 )

35 50 2 Santa Baby ‒ Eartha Kitt With Henri Rene And His Orchestra ( 35 )

36 41 6 Wonderful Christmastime ‒ Paul McCartney ( 28 )

37 New 1 Linus & Lucy ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 37 )

38 33 32 Good 4 U ‒ Olivia Rodrigo ( 1 )

39 37 13 Ghost ‒ Justin Bieber ( 32 )

40 ReEntry 10 Please Come Home For Christmas ‒ Eagles ( 18 )

41 ReEntry 2 Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town ‒ Jackson 5 ( 41 )

42 31 3 I Hate U ‒ SZA ( 7 )

43 ReEntry 2 Little Saint Nick ‒ The Beach Boys ( 43 )

44 49 12 Mistletoe ‒ Justin Bieber ( 11 )

45 35 27 Fancy Like ‒ Walker Hayes ( 3 )

46 ReEntry 3 Deck The Halls ‒ Nat King Cole ( 43 )

47 ReEntry 2 Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas ‒ Michael Buble ( 47 )

48 New 1 Christmastime Is Here ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 48 )

49 45 14 Thats What I Want ‒ Lil Nas X ( 10 )

50 38 7 One Right Now ‒ Post Malone & The Weeknd ( 6 )

51 43 21 Happier Than Ever ‒ Billie Eilish ( 11 )

52 47 14 Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah) ‒ CKay ( 31 )

53 48 16 Knife Talk ‒ Drake Featuring 21 Savage & Project Pat ( 4 )

54 52 19 Thinking 'Bout You ‒ Dustin Lynch Featuring Lauren Alaina Or MacKenzie Porter ( 30 )

55 66 3 Merry Christmas ‒ Ed Sheeran & Elton John ( 55 )

56 53 10 Better Days ‒ NEIKED X Mae Muller X Polo G ( 29 )

57 51 5 Oh My God ‒ Adele ( 5 )

58 46 16 Way 2 Sexy ‒ Drake Featuring Future & Young Thug ( 1 )

59 57 20 Buy Dirt ‒ Jordan Davis Featuring Luke Bryan ( 30 )

60 58 15 Meet Me At Our Spot ‒ THE ANXIETY: WILLOW & Tyler Cole ( 21 )

61 61 25 You Should Probably Leave ‒ Chris Stapleton ( 39 )

62 81 4 Christmas Tree Farm (Old Timey Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 62 )

63 79 4 Pick Out A Christmas Tree ‒ Dan + Shay ( 63 )

64 65 12 Whiskey And Rain ‒ Michael Ray ( 61 )

65 60 16 Girls Want Girls ‒ Drake Featuring Lil Baby ( 2 )

66 67 23 Sand In My Boots ‒ Morgan Wallen ( 32 )

67 62 11 Who Want Smoke?? ‒ Nardo Wick Featuring G Herbo, Lil Durk & 21 Savage ( 17 )

68 59 6 All Too Well (Taylor's Version) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 1 )

69 71 9 Big Energy ‒ Latto ( 69 )

70 68 5 Enemy ‒ Imagine Dragons X JID ( 68 )

71 83 3 I'll Be Home For Christmas ‒ Camila Cabello ( 71 )

72 73 13 Chosen ‒ Blxst & Tyga Featuring Ty Dolla $ign ( 53 )

73 77 13 One Mississippi ‒ Kane Brown ( 59 )

74 34 2 Burn ‒ Juice WRLD ( 34 )

75 70 15 Have Mercy ‒ Chloe ( 28 )

76 78 21 Woman ‒ Doja Cat ( 62 )

77 New 1 25 Million ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 77 )

78 69 4 By Your Side ‒ Rod Wave ( 58 )

79 New 1 Christmas Isn't Canceled (Just You) ‒ Kelly Clarkson ( 79 )

80 91 12 For Tonight ‒ Giveon ( 80 )

81 ReEntry 3 Life Goes On ‒ Oliver Tree ( 81 )

82 88 11 'Til You Can't ‒ Cody Johnson ( 65 )

83 85 4 To Be Loved By You ‒ Parker McCollum ( 83 )

84 74 13 My Universe ‒ Coldplay x BTS ( 1 )

85 New 1 Moved To Miami ‒ Roddy Ricch Featuring Lil Baby ( 85 )

86 95 11 Freedom Was A Highway ‒ Jimmie Allen & Brad Paisley ( 76 )

87 55 3 Wandered To LA. ‒ Juice WRLD & Justin Bieber ( 49 )

88 54 5 Already Dead ‒ Juice WRLD ( 20 )

89 90 11 Tequila Little Time ‒ Jon Pardi ( 68 )

90 94 5 Scorpio ‒ Moneybagg Yo ( 87 )

91 New 1 Hibachi ‒ Roddy Ricch Featuring Kodak Black & 21 Savage ( 91 )

92 99 5 Heart On Fire ‒ Eric Church ( 89 )

93 89 6 Message In A Bottle (Taylor's Version) (From The Vault) ‒ Taylor Swift ( 45 )

94 92 14 Same Boat ‒ Zac Brown Band ( 48 )

95 New 1 Thailand ‒ Roddy Ricch ( 95 )

96 100 10 Bubbly ‒ Young Thug With Drake & Travis Scott ( 20 )

97 New 1 Do It To It ‒ Acraze Featuring Cherish ( 97 )

98 96 7 No Love ‒ Summer Walker & SZA ( 13 )

99 84 19 Knowing You ‒ Kenny Chesney ( 57 )

100 93 17 Family Ties ‒ Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar ( 18 )

 

Bubbling Under Hot 100

Week of January 1, 2022

TW LW WOC Title Artist ( Peak )

1 5 8 Pressure - Ari Lennox ( 1 )

2 NEW 1 All Good - Roddy Ricch Featuring Future ( 2 )

3 6 5 I Am Woman - Emmy Meli ( 2 )

4 8 2 Heart & Soul - YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Birdman ( 4 )

5 16 9 Beers On Me - Dierks Bentley, Breland & HARDY ( 1 )

6 Re-Entry 2 Santa, Can't You Hear Me - Kelly Clarkson Featuring Ariana Grande ( 6 )

7 NEW 1 The Christmas Sweater - Michael Buble ( 7 )

8 11 13 23 - Sam Hunt ( 1 )

9 19 2 Black Ball - YoungBoy Never Broke Again & Birdman ( 9 )

10 NEW 1 You Deserve It All - John Legend ( 10 )

11 NEW 1 Don't I - Roddy Ricch Featuring Gunna ( 11 )

12 10 4 Megan's Piano - Megan Thee Stallion ( 10 )

13 12 8 Come Back As A Country Boy - Blake Shelton ( 7 )

14 23 2 Let It Snow! (10th Anniversary) - Michael Buble ( 14 )

15 17 9 I Love You So - The Walters ( 12 )

16 15 11 Sky - Playboi Carti ( 4 )

17 Re-Entry 2 It'll Be Okay - Shawn Mendes ( 2 )

18 21 2 Infinity - Jaymes Young ( 18 )

19 22 7 Never Wanted To Be That Girl - Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde ( 3 )

20 NEW 1 Paid My Dues - Roddy Ricch Featuring TakeOff ( 20 )

21 18 8 Home Sweet - Russell Dickerson ( 9 )

22 NEW 1 Rollercoastin - Roddy Ricch ( 22 )

23 Re-Entry 2 Beautiful Lies - Yung Bleu & Kehlani ( 22 )

24 NEW 1 AA - Walker Hayes ( 24 )

25 Re-Entry 7 Give Heaven Some Hell - HARDY ( 15 )

Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Holds Atop Hot 100, The Ronettes’ ‘Sleigh Ride’ Hits Top 10

By Gary Trust | 12/28/2021

 

Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” holds at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The carol, released in 1994, adds its seventh total week on top, after notching three weeks at No. 1 beginning in December 2019 and two more starting in December 2020, before it returned to the summit a week ago.

 

Notably, with this week’s Hot 100 dated Jan. 1, 2022, Carey’s “Christmas” is the first song to lead Hot 100 charts dated in four distinct years (2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022). (It was already the only song to reign in as many as three years.)

 

The song leads eight Yuletide favorites in the Hot 100’s top 10, including one in the tier for the first time: The Ronettes‘ “Sleigh Ride,” up from No. 13 to No. 10. The track was originally released in 1963, just after the group posted its lone top 10: its classic “Be My Baby,” which hit No. 2. The act’s return to the top 10 is record-breaking, as it ranks in the region after a break of 58 years and two months.

 

Here’s a deeper look as Carey’s “Christmas” repeats at the Hot 100’s (north) pole position.

 

Streams, airplay & sales: Carey’s “Christmas,” on Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings, drew 47.5 million U.S. streams (up 26%) and 32 million radio airplay audience impressions (up 25%, good for top Airplay Gainer honors on the Hot 100) and sold 8,100 downloads (up 9%) in the Dec. 17-23 tracking week, according to MRC Data.

 

The song claims a 14th total week at No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart and rises 7-6 on Digital Song Sales and 23-13 on Radio Songs. It also leads the multi-metric Holiday 100 chart for a 50th week, of the chart’s 55 total weeks since the list launched in 2011; it has topped the tally for 35 consecutive weeks, dating to the start of the 2015-16 holiday season, and dominates as the top title on the recently-revealed Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs chart.

 

The song was first released on Carey’s album Merry Christmas in 1994 and has increased its Hot 100 fortunes in recent years as streaming has grown and holiday music has become more prominent on streaming services’ seasonal playlists.

 

No. 1 in its 50th week on Hot 100: As it spends its 50th week on the Hot 100, Carey’s “Christmas” is the first song to lead in as late as its 50th frame on the survey. A week earlier, when it reigned in its 49th week, it passed Los Del Rio’s “Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix),” which led through its 46th week on the chart in November 1996. (The latter also logged multiple runs on the Hot 100, first running up 20 weeks in September 1995-January 1996 before it resurged and returned in May 1996 and lasted on the list through February 1997.)

 

Longest span atop the Hot 100: Carey’s “Christmas” extends its mark for the longest span from a song’s first week at No. 1 on the Hot 100 to its latest: two years and 11 days (Dec. 21, 2019-Jan. 1, 2022).

 

Plus, the latest week atop the Hot 100 for “Christmas” extends Carey’s record for the longest span of an artist ranking at No. 1 on the chart: 31 years and five months, dating to her first week at No. 1 on the chart dated Aug. 4, 1990, with her debut single “Vision of Love.”

 

When “Christmas” first hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Dec. 21, 2019, Carey passed Cher, whose solo No. 1s span 27 years and five months, from “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves,” from its first week at No. 1 in 1971, through “Believe,” through its last week on top in 1999. (If Cher’s career as half of duo Sonny & Cher were combined with her solo output, her No. 1 span would cover 33 years, seven months and two weeks, from Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe,” which reached the top in 1965, through “Believe.”)

 

Happy new year: Carey has now placed at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in a record-extending 18 distinct years (per Hot 100 chart dates): 1990-2000, 2005-06, 2008 and, thanks to “Christmas,” 2019-22.

 

Next up are three acts that have each spent time atop the Hot 100 in 10 individual years: Paul McCartney/Wings (1971, 1973-76, 1978, 1980, 1982-84; additionally, The Beatles, with him as a member, led in eight years: 1964-70); Michael Jackson (1972, 1979-80, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1995); and Madonna (1984-87, 1989-92, 1995, 2000).

 

Carey’s record 86th week atop Hot 100: With “Christmas,” Carey claims her record-extending 86th week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception.

 

Most Weeks at No. 1 on Hot 100

86, Mariah Carey

60, Rihanna

59, The Beatles

52, Drake

50, Boyz II Men

 

“Christmas” became Carey’s 19th Hot 100 No. 1, the most among soloists and one away from The Beatles’ overall record 20. It also made Carey the only artist that has ranked at No. 1 on the chart in four distinct decades.

 

5 x 7: “Christmas” is Carey’s fifth Hot 100 No. 1 to rule for seven weeks or more, tying her with Drake for the most such leaders. Adele, Beyoncé, Boyz II Men and Rihanna follow with three each.

 

Most weeks at No. 1 for a holiday hit: Plus, with its seventh week atop the Hot 100, Carey’s “Christmas” extends its record for the most time at No. 1 among holiday songs. The only other seasonal single to reign, “The Chipmunk Song,” by David Seville & the Chipmunks, spent four weeks on top beginning in December 1958.

 

Carey’s “Christmas” paces an all-holiday top four on the Hot 100, with all titles at their peak positions. Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” originally released in 1958, keeps at No. 2 (47.5 million streams, up 33%, as it wins the Hot 100’s top Streaming Gainer award); the late Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock,” from 1957, rises 4-3; and the late Burl Ives’ “A Holly Jolly Christmas,” from 1964, pushes 5-4. The tracks rank at Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 3, respectively, on Streaming Songs. (They also line up at the same positions on the Hot 100 that they held both a year ago and two years ago this week.)

 

Adele’s “Easy on Me” dips 3-5 on the Hot 100, after seven nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1. The ballad spends a fifth week atop Radio Songs, with 86 million in reach (up 2%).

 

The late Andy Williams’ “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” rises 7-6 on the Hot 100. Originally released in 1963, it hit a No. 5 high last holiday season. With the song’s latest week in the top 10, Williams’ record for the longest span of appearing in the tier is extended to 62 years, two months and three weeks, dating to his first week in the top 10 with “Lonely Street,” on the chart dated Oct. 12, 1959.

 

Wham!’s “Last Christmas” jingles 9-7 for a new Hot 100 high (adding the chart’s top Sales Gainer nod for its 21% increase to 4,100 sold). A year ago this week, the song, released in 1984, hit the top 10 for the first time, becoming the seventh top 10 for the duo of George Michael (who died Dec. 25, 2016) and Andrew Ridgeley. The pair charted its first six top 10s, including three No. 1s, in 1984-86; Michael subsequently notched 14 solo top 10s, including seven No. 1s, through 1996.

 

José Feliciano’s 1970 holiday chestnut “Feliz Navidiad” returns to the Hot 100’s top 10, dashing 11-8. It hit a No. 6 high last holiday season, two weeks after becoming his second top 10.

 

The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Stay” slips 6-9 on the Hot 100, after seven weeks at No. 1.

 

Rounding out the Hot 100’s top 10, The Ronettes’ “Sleigh Ride” gallops from its prior No. 13 best to No. 10, with 27.1 million streams (up 27%), 17.1 million in airplay audience (up 10%) and 1,000 sold (up 9%).

 

The song, released in late 1963, is The Ronettes’ second Hot 100 top 10, and first in 58 years and two months, since “Be My Baby” hit a No. 2 high for three weeks in October 1963. The act (whose original three members reportedly did not record together after the ’60s) rewrites the record for the longest gap between top 10s, previously held by Ives, who went 56 years, seven months and two weeks from “Funny Way of Laughin’ ” in 1962 to “Holly Jolly Christmas,” which hit the top 10 for the first time during the 2018-19 holiday season.

 

In between top 10s, and despite the original lineup’s dissolution, The Ronettes maintained a notable pop culture presence, particularly via “Be My Baby.” The song was interpolated, spotlighting lead singer Ronnie Spector’s “oh-oh-oh-oh … be my little baby” signature lines, in Eddie Money’s “Take Me Home Tonight,” which hit No. 4 on the Hot 100 in November 1986. The next year, “Be My Baby” received prominent placement in the blockbuster film Dirty Dancing, and on its soundtrack which topped the Billboard 200 for 18 weeks in 1987-88.

Interesting that Ed/Elton are top 60 after 3 weeks and Taylor ‘Christmas Tree Farm’ top 70, maybe they will peak here in 30 years?!

Nice that Wham is getting higher each year.

 

A bit WTF about some of the Christmas songs in the top 50 - notably ‘Linus and Lucy’ and Mr Grinch.

37 New 1 Linus & Lucy ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 37 )

48 New 1 Christmastime Is Here ‒ Vince Guaraldi Trio ( 48 )

 

omg i only just noticed this ?? 💀 SLAY

 

Really strange that 'Santa, Can't You Hear Me' couldn't even crack the Hot 100 and yet went top 40 for a couple of weeks in the UK? (Not that awful other Kelly C song charting in its place here x)

 

This being the 7th week at #1 for Mariah feels surreal, she's really going to have back her record for longest running #1 hit before we know it lmao. Unless Brenda Lee starts overtaking her of course. Which I still pray to happen soon (it felt like it should have happened last year and even moreso this year, curse the radio keeping Mariah afloat).

 

Yass at The Ronettes cracking the top 10 for the first time :wub: and cool to see 'Do It To It' entering, presumably should get a lot higher in the next week or two with the Xmas songs disappearing.

really think that barring some random dip in popularity, Mariah could repeat the 90s and end up getting #1 every year this decade lmao