Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" continues at No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated December 16). The modern holiday classic leads the former for a record-tying 15th total week and the latter for a 10th frame, all logged over the past four holiday seasons.
More merry music newly infuses the charts' top 10, as Michael Bublé's "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas" (18-7), Kelly Clarkson's "Underneath the Tree" (16-8) and Andy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (15-10) all return to the Global 200's top 10, while Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (22-3), Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me" (21-5), Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" (26-6), Sia's "Snowman" (20-8) and Bublé's carol (25-9) revisit the Global Excl. U.S. top 10.
Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" leads the Global 200 for a second consecutive week with 101.7 million streams (up 38%) and 9,000 sold (up 46%) worldwide December 1-7. The song, originally released in 1994, has now spent a record-tying 15 weeks at No. 1, following four weeks in both the 2020 and 2021 holiday seasons and five frames over last year's holidays. It matches the command of Harry Styles' "As It Was" in 2022.
Wham!'s "Last Christmas" holds at its No. 2 high on the Global 200; Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" rises 4-3, after reaching No. 2 last holiday season; Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" rolls 6-4, returning to its best rank; and Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me" dashes 8-5, likewise revisiting its highpoint.
Plus, three holiday hits return to the Global 200's top 10: Michael Bublé's "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" (18-7, after reaching No. 6; 45 million worldwide streams, up 50%); Kelly Clarkson's "Underneath the Tree" (16-8, revisiting its peak to date; 43.8 million, up 46%) and Andy Williams' "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" (15-10, after hitting No. 7; 41.9 million, up 47%).
Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" concurrently tops the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for second week in a row, with 67.3 million streams (up 53%) and 5,000 sold (up 71%) outside the U.S. December 1-7. The song adds a 10th total week at No. 1, following one in the 2020 holiday season, three weeks the next year and four last season. It's just the third song to have dominated Global Excl. U.S. for double-digit weeks, joining two 13-week No. 1s: Miley Cyrus' "Flowers" this year and Harry Styles' "As It Was" in 2022.
Wham!'s "Last Christmas" returns to its No. 2 Global Excl. U.S. high, from No. 3; Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" bounds back to its No. 3 best, from No. 22 (34.2 million streams outside the U.S., up 70%); Tate McRae's "Greedy" dips 2-4, two weeks after it hit No. 1; and Ariana Grande's "Santa Tell Me" claws 21-5 (33.1 million, up 65%).
Also in the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, three more seasonal songs return to the region: Bobby Helms' "Jingle Bell Rock" (26-6, after reaching No. 5); Sia's "Snowman" (20-8, a new high); and Michael Bublé's "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas" (25-9, after climbing to No. 4).
(Billboard)
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