Mariah Carey Reacts to Breaking the Record for Longest Running No. 1 Song on the Hot 100 | Billboard News

Mariah Carey’s holiday hit, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” breaks the record for the longest running No. 1 song on the Hot 100 at 20 weeks, and we got the pop star’s reaction to achieving this milestone!

Tetris Kelly:

Okay, Mariah, I have been so excited and nervous to do this, but I get to say this with the 20th week at No. 1, breaking the record for the longest running No. 1 song on the Hot 100 is Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” Mind blown. How do you feel about breaking that record?

Mariah Carey:

It’s amazing. Honestly, it really is. I can’t lie.

You’ve got an incredible career, obviously, 19 No. 1s, but to then have this record with “One Sweet Day,” and then it was taken from you for a second. 

It was robbed of me. 

So how did you feel in that moment with Lil Nas X, and then, of course, Shaboozey ended up, you know, breaking the record for the time that it did.

I was upset. But what are you gonna do? 

Well, what you’re gonna do is have a classic Christmas song that returns to No. 1 every year. That’s what you’re gonna do. So did you know that “All I Want For Christmas Is You” would be this for you?

No, I had no idea. That just became such a thing that I never could have predicted it ever, so…

And I mean, 20 weeks, how far do you think we can go here? 

I don’t know. 

I feel like 30? 40? It’s the longest running No. 1 of all time.

Yeah, but at a certain point it’s not Christmas anymore, and you know, well, but I love it. I’m about to get to my holiday destination and go enjoy the holidays myself because I’m putting on this Christmas show. So we’re doing this every night, but really I just want to be celebrating it.

Well, I wish you to get home very fast. Well, thank you so much. Congratulations. 

Thank you so much! This has been a fun time.