Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' is 1st holiday song to top charts in 61 years

Not since The Chipmunks.

It’s been a long 61 years, but another artist has finally topped Billboard’s Hot 100 charts with a holiday song. And it’s Mariah Carey that’s done it.

With her “All I Want For Christmas Is You” track, Carey lands her 19th No. 1 song, replacing Post Malone’s “Circles” at the top.

It didn’t happen overnight, either. Carey released the song in 1994, from her “Merry Christmas” album.

According to Billboard, there were several years that holiday songs weren’t even eligible to chart. From 1963-72 and again from 1983-85, holidays songs were charted in separate rankings.

It also extends Carey’s total weeks spent at No. 1 to a whopping 80. The artist in second place is Rihanna with 60 weeks at the top.

She also gets the record for longest span of No. 1s — 29 years, four months and two weeks. Her first No. 1 was “Vision of Love” on Aug. 4, 1990. The previous record-holder was Cher, with 27 years and five months between “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves” in 1971 to “Believe” in 1999.

Not surprisingly, Carey was pretty happy about landing at No. 1 with the song, sharing her feelings on Twitter.

We did it ?❤️??? https://t.co/Cp80uhYdI9

— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) December 16, 2019

“It’s something my die-hard fans think about, and people that are really close to me are talking to me about it literally all year,” she told The New York Times. “But I don’t need something else to validate the existence of this song. I used to pick it apart whenever I listened to it, but at this point, I feel like I’m finally able to enjoy it.

“I just truly love the holidays,” she added. “I know it’s corny, and I don’t care.”

The only other holiday song to top the charts was “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” by The Chipmunks (and David Seville). That song was No. 1 for four weeks in 1958-59.

Oh, and by the way: With “All I Want,” Carey finds herself just one No. 1 shy of The Beatles’ all-time record of 20 No. 1s. She also just squeaks in a No. 1 in the 2010s, making her one of only a few artists to have chart toppers in three straight decades.