Mariah Carey's festive anthem, All I Want for Christmas Is You, has topped the US charts for the first time - 25 years after it was first released.
A quarter-century after releasing her holiday classic, the 49-year-old singer has finally pushed the catchy track to the top of the charts.
"We did it," Carey said on Monday in a tweet that featured several emojis, including a face with happy tears.
We did it 😭❤️🐑🎄🦋 https://t.co/Cp80uhYdI9
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) December 16, 2019
Carey released the global hit in 1994 as part of her Merry Christmas album. Chart compiler Billboard's rules at the time did not allow it to compete on the Hot 100 chart, because it was not commercially available as a single.
That changed in December 1998, when cuts off an album were welcomed to the US top songs list, bumping Carey's song onto the chart for the first time on January 8, 2000.
This week the song posted 45 million streams, 27,000 digital sales and 34 million radio plays, according to Billboard magazine.
Carey's climb to the top marks the first time a Christmas track has claimed number one on the Hot 100 in six decades, when The Chipmunk Song reigned for four weeks in 1958-1959.
It's Carey's 19th number-one hit, putting her just one song behind The Beatles' overall record of 20 top songs.
Current mood 🥳😘 pic.twitter.com/W9jVBDvedt
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) December 17, 2019
The singer told The New York Times that finally nabbing number one for the holiday track she wrote "in the womb, darling" was more of a concern to fans than her.
"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," she told the paper.
"I just truly love the holidays," she said. "I know it's corny, and I don't care."
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