Current Events > Mariah Carey needs only one more #1 hit to tie The Beatles.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/arts/music/mariah-carey-christmas.html

The modern Christmas classic from 1994 completes the longest ever trip to the top of the Billboard singles chart, thanks to a dedicated marketing plan and a surge on streaming services.

In a charmingly lo-fi skit posted to the singers social media channels, Carey falls asleep at 11:59 p.m. in her costume (a hair-metal rock star) before being awakened at midnight (now wearing wintry pajamas) by a call from Santa.

Its tiiiiiiiime, Carey declares with a whistling scream.

So began the most spirited edition yet of the singers now-annual campaign to push All I Want for Christmas Is You, her 25-year-old seasonal hit, to the next level again. On Monday, that mission was accomplished as the song reached an unprecedented industry pinnacle, hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, becoming both the song that took the longest to do so and the first Christmas track to take the top spot since The Chipmunk Song 60 years ago.

All I Want for Christmas becomes Careys first No. 1 since 2008 and her 19th overall one fewer than the Beatles, the record holders. But it boasts by far the most miraculous journey, spanning three decades, with a surge in recent years thanks in part to a technology-driven shift in listener habits, including the ubiquity of holiday playlists, and renewed marketing muscle. Perhaps above all else, there is the sturdiness of the songwriting on what many consider to be a final modern entry into the Christmas song canon.

Her time has passed, aint happening

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