Carey is just one smash single away from overtaking The Beatles, who hold the overall all-time record with 20 Hot 100 No. 1 songs to her name, including classics like “Vision of Love,” “Emotion” and “We Belong Together,” extending her record as the soloist with the most No. This marks Carey’s first time sitting atop the charts since her 2008 pop earworm “Touch My Body.”Co-written by musician Walter Afanasieff and by a then 24-year-old Carey, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” was released in 1994 off her “Merry Christmas” album. The modern Christmas classic now ranks as the highest-charting holiday song in over 60 years. Chipmunks’ (with David Seville) “The Chipmunk Song” is the only other holiday song to hold the title, previously topping the charts for weeks from 1958 to 1959.

Source: Huffington Post December 16, 2019 18:56 UTC