Mariah Carey Christmas classic hits ARIA Charts #1 for fourth straight year

Mariah Carey has triumphed again, hitting #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for an unprecedented fourth straight year with her festive season classic ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You. The American star’s single – which was originally released in 1994 – also hit #1 in Australia in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

This week’s Top 50 is dominated by Christmas songs due to the beginning of the chart week including Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

The movers for this week include Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ (#9 to #2), Michael Bublé’s ‘It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas’ (#10 to #3), Ariana Grande’s ‘Santa Tell Me’ (#12 to #5), Brenda Lee’s ‘Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree’ (#17 to #8), Ed Sheeran & Elton John’s ‘Merry Christmas’ (#16 to #10), Bobby Helms’ ‘Jingle Bell Rock‘ (#24 to #13), Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It's Christmas?’ (#27 to #14), The Ronettes’ ‘Sleigh Ride’ (#32 to #16), Sia’s ‘Snowman’ (#29 to #17), John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band’s ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’ (#46 to #18), Michael Bublé’s ‘Holly Jolly Christmas’ (#30 to #19), Andy Williams’ ‘It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year’ (#37 to #20), Justin Bieber’s ‘Mistletoe’ (#36 to #23), Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Underneath The Tree’ (#44 to #24) and Paul Kelly’s ‘How To Make Gravy’ (#34).

There have been re-entries for ‘Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!’ by Frank Sinatra (#22), ‘Santa Claus Is Coming To Town’ by The Jackson 5 (#29), ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ by Daryl Hall & John Oates (#32), ‘Jingle Bells’ by Michael Bublé Feat. The Puppini Sisters (#35), ‘A Holly Jolly Christmas’ by Burl Ives (#36), ‘Run Rudolph Run’ by Chuck Berry (#37), ‘Step Into Christmas’ by Elton John (#40) and ‘Fairytale Of New York’ by The Pogues (#46).

Some festive season songs have made their first ever entry in the ARIA Top 50: Chris Rea’s ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ (#26), Shakin' Stevens’ ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ (#27), Jose Feliciano’s ‘Feliz Navidad’ (#28), Paul McCartney's ‘Wonderful Christmastime’ (#38), Dean Martin's ‘Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!’ (#42), Kylie Minogue’s ‘Santa Baby’ (#44) and Michael Bublé’s ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’ (#48).