Mariah Carey extends her Billboard Hot 100 record of the most weeks at number one

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00:00Mariah Carey extends her Billboard Hot, 100 record of the most weeks at number 1.

00:06Each December, Mariah Carey dominates malls as All I Want for Christmas Is You hits number 1 again,

00:13extending her Hot 100 record to 101 weeks for a song across 8 years.

00:19Released in 1994, the song didn't reach number 1 until December 2019, 25 years later.

00:25Billboard rules didn't allow most catalog holiday songs to chart properly then,

00:30since its first number 1, it has returned to the top spot every holiday season, outperforming contemporary hits.

00:37Artists like Drake, Rihanna and Beyonce have had enormous chart runs but none match Carey's impact.

00:42Her 101 weeks include One Sweet Day, We Belong Together and other classics.

00:49No song has ever topped the Hot 100 across 8 separate calendar years.

00:53Each December, streaming spikes as the song becomes shorthand for Christmas has arrived.

00:58The album Merry Christmas was certified Diamond for selling over 10 million units.

01:04This makes it her third Diamond album, joining Music Box and Daydream in an elite club.

01:08Mariah's 16th album Here For It All debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200.

01:14This gives her top 10 albums across four decades, the 1990s through the 2020s.

01:19The new album features Kalani, Shensia, the Clark Sisters and Anderson .Paak.

01:25It blends classic soul with modern R&B while maintaining Mariah's signature style.

01:30Mariah uniquely dominates both pop superstardom and holiday immortality across four decades.

01:37She holds records for most number 1 weeks, chart-topping years and Diamond albums.

01:41Mariah turned one song into a December cultural reset while continuing relevant releases,

01:47earning new fans and building a legacy that outlives eras, formats and trends.