Mariah Carey First Artist at No. 1 In Four Consecutive Decades

Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the gift that keeps on giving her historic achievements, as the song makes the superstar the first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 in four decades.

"Christmas" spends a third week atop the latest Hot 100, dated Jan. 4, 2020, having first led the charts dated Dec. 21 and Dec. 28, 2019. The song, originally released in 1994, became Carey's 19th No. 1, after she earned 14 leaders in the 1990s and four in the 2000s.

Meanwhile, holiday songs rank in the Hot 100's top four spots simultaneously for the first time in the chart's 61-year history, as, following Carey's carol, at Nos. 2, 3 and 4, respectively, are Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" and Burl Ives' "A Holly Jolly Christmas."

Plus, a record five holiday hits infuse the Hot 100's top 10 simultaneously, thanks also to Andy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" at No. 7.


Carey passes eight chart cornerstones that have reigned on the Hot 100 in three decades each. Here's an updated recap:

• '60s, '70s, '80s: Stevie Wonder
• '70s, '80s, '90s: Michael Jackson, Elton John
• '80s, '90s, '00s: Janet Jackson, Madonna
• '90s, '00s, '10s: Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, Usher
• '90s, '00s, '10s, '20s: Mariah Carey