Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You returns to the UK Top 40 for a tenth consecutive year
As the Christmas season gets under way, Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You finds itself back in the Top 40 this week (December 2) for the tenth consecutive year running.
The festive classic is at Number 29 on this week's Top 40, climbing an impressive 43 places from the previous week.
This the 12th time the song has entered the Official UK Top 100 Singles Chart, first hitting in 1995 where it famously peaked at Number 2, losing out to East 17’s Stay Another Day. The track has since re-entered the Top 40 every year since 2007, shortly after downloads started counting towards the chart.
MORE: Check out Mariah Carey's complete Official UK Chart history
Streaming plays a significant role in its resurgence this year, having been played 1.2 million times in the UK in the last seven days on services including Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer.
All I Want For Christmas Is You is one of 167 songs to have sold one million copies in the UK (not including streams). To date the track has spent 45 weeks in the Top 40, eight of which were in the Top 10. Click below to see the song's full, week-by-week char run.
The last time the song entered the Top 10 was Christmas 2007, and it has (somewhat frustratingly) reached Number 11 twice since then. Will this be the year the classic reclaims a spot in the Top 10?
Meanwhile, three more Christmas songs are also back in the Top 100 on this week's Official Singles Chart: The Pogue’s Fairytale Of New York (66), Wham’s Last Christmas (75), and Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry Christmas Everyone (93). Expect more to enter the Top 40 as we edge closer to Christmas...
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Victor Ancel Field
If she knocks off Ed Sheeran, I will have a out of pure joy..
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Scott Harris
This song should have been #1 to begin with, East 17 shouldn't have hogged the top spot for so long.
etin
Did fatih hill's where r u chrismas release in uk?
if only we can see cliff richard's mistletoe & wine in chart..
Peter
If this goes to #1, I will scream
Philip Pearce
be good if it did
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Mike Sowden
Mariah Carey actually debuted in 1994, when East 17 were number 1. Michael Jackson 'Earth Song' was number 1 in 1995 at Xmas.
Sunshine Gal
over here in america, this song is always on the radio each xmas! and always #1 on the xmas chart! ever since it first came out ;)
I Am A Stegosaurus
There's a Xmas Chart in America? Or do you mean the regular charts on Christmas Day?
Sunshine Gal
yeah we have a separate section of charts just for the xmas holiday. mariah has always been #1 and in the top 10 on them each year since her xmas album came out back in 1994 or 95. if you go to bb's site, and then click 'charts' and scroll down you should see them. and a good chance you'll see her @ #1 ;)
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Chase
True. It's called the Holiday 100 and Mariah is no. 1, just ahead of Pentatonix "Hallelujah".
Sunshine Gal
yep, the holiday hot 100...and she'll lock the #1 spot for many weeks...just watch ;). don't know if pentatox will give her a run for the money this year, but she's usually locked @ #1 for many weeks on the holiday hot 100.
Yolanda Merkel
The song is rubbish, but it would be nice if it goes #1 this year on the strength of streaming. Her fans would be really happy.
etin
Rubbish? R u serious.? Very cheerful and eventough i am not christian i like this song