Christmas anthem All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey has become a No. 1 hit 25 years after it was released.
The song was first released on Carey’s 1994 Merry Christmas album and has since become a Christmas classic, surging near the top of the charts every holiday season but never quite reaching No. 1.
Billboard announced the song finally topped the charts on Monday, noting that it was the second holiday song in history to lead the Hot 100, preceded only by The Chipmunk Song by the Chipmunks in 1958.
Carey, 49, celebrated the news over Twitter by simply writing, “We did it.”
We did it ?❤️??? https://t.co/Cp80uhYdI9
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) December 16, 2019
The previous record for the song on the Hot 100 was No. 3. Carey, who was 24 years old when the song was released, has made more than $60 million in royalties off the song, which has become synonymous with the Christmas season.
The singer has 18 other No. 1 hits under her belt, including Hero and We Belong Together. Throughout her career, she has spent a total of 80 weeks at the top of the chart.
