It's the gift that keeps on giving, for Carey and Lambs alike, as the star's modern holiday classic dashes back to the Hot 100 at No. 23. The carol re-enters with 27 million in all-format radio audience (up 21 percent) in the tracking week, 7.8 million U.S. streams (up 63 percent) and 24,000 downloads sold (up 74 percent), according to Nielsen Music.
"Christmas", which jingled all the way to its No. 11 Hot 100 peak last holiday season, continues at No. 1 on the Holiday 100 chart. Since the seasonal survey's 2011 inception, the song has ruled for 22 cumulative weeks; no other title has led for more than two frames. "Christmas" is additionally the best-selling holiday download (since Nielsen began tracking digital song sales in 2003), with 3.2 million sold to-date, while 1994 parent LP Merry Christmas has sold 5.5 million copies in the U.S.
The latest chart advances for "Christmas" add to a productive holiday season for Carey, the record-holder for the most No. 1s, 18, by a soloist in the Hot 100's 58-year history. On December 4, her reality show Mariah's World premiered on E! ("I love my #JLT (Job Long Time)" she beamed while live-tweeting the episode), and, on December 17, she wraps a run of nine All I Want for Christmas Is You concerts at the Beacon Theatre in New York.
(Billboard)
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