Mariah Carey (pictured December 2019) has had a number one single on the Billboard charts in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s (Angela Weiss)
<p>New York (AFP) – Pop diva Mariah Carey has had a long list of hits over the years, but her classic holiday song has helped her make history as the first artist to top the Billboard charts in four separate decades.</p><p>"All I Want For Christmas Is You" is number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week dated January 4, 2020, based on sales, radio airplay and streaming data — its third week atop the rankings.</p><p>That means Carey has had a number one single in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s.</p><p>The bubbly, ubiquitous holiday tune was first released in 1994 and gained new fame after its inclusion on the soundtrack for the 2003 film "Love, Actually."</p><p>But it only topped the charts for the first time in late 2019, thanks to a change in Billboard’s rules as to what can be included on the top songs list.</p><p>Carey dropped a new video for it — which counts towards Hot 100 placement — and released the song as a stand-alone CD single for the first time.</p><p>It is her 19th number one hit, according to Billboard, putting her just one song behind The Beatles’ overall record of 20 top songs.</p><p>The singer — who will not confirm whether her age is 49 or 50 because she says "time is not something I acknowledge" — was low-key about her history-making achievement.</p><p>"Yaaaaaaaaay!!! WE. DID. IT," Carey wrote on Twitter, with a stream of champagne and party emojis. </p><p>"But…. what’s a decade?"</p><p></p>

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