Mariah's Christmas Song Outsings Lil Nas X and Barflies Since 1994

KEY POINTS

•Since its 1958 inception, over 1,000 songs hit No.1 on Billboard Hot 100, but only 47 stayed for 10+ weeks.
•Mariah Carey’s 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' has topped the chart for a record 20 weeks since 1994.
•Lil Nas X's 'Old Town Road' and Shaboozey's 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' share second place for longest No.1 reign at fewer weeks.

Since 1958, the Billboard Hot 100 chart has crowned over 1,000 No.1 hits, but only 47 managed to overstay their welcome for 10+ weeks like unwelcome relatives. Taking the gaudy crown is Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You,' a song from 1994 that refuses to retire, cyclically haunting holiday playlists and recently clocking 20 weeks at No.1—finally kicking Lil Nas X’s rodeo-tuned ‘Old Town Road’ and Shaboozey’s drunken ballad ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ off their joint second-place throne. Boyz II Men proved they owned the 'making hearts cry' market with multiple decade-long reigns while Santana serenaded with both 'Smooth' and 'Maria Maria' as if twice a charm. The chart leaderboard reads like a bizarre reunion: from Debby Boone lighting up lives in 1977 to Destiny's Child declaring independence over 11 weeks. Somewhere Elton John and Puff Daddy probably reminisce about their fleeting moments ruling that glittering pop utopia, where a Macarena can monopolize airwaves longer than most marriages. Oh, and just because you hate the Macarena doesn’t mean Bruno Mars doesn’t secretly dance to it—probably alone, in dim lighting, shamefully worshipping chart history.

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Mariah Carey's Christmas hit has been haunting No.1 longer than most of us have held a real job. Meanwhile, Lil Nas X and some bar crooner share second place—because nothing says musical achievement like a song about rodeos and getting tipsy.

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