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The song came out 25 Christmases ago, appearing on herobjectively perfect holiday album.
Sorry, the Weeknd, whose song Heartless was No.
1 last week, butthe Christmas spiritjust hits too hard.
The last holiday song to reach No.
1 was The Chipmunk Song, by the Chipmunks (youve heard of them?
), in 1958.
Needless to say our tastes have evolved!
This is Mariah Careys19th No.
1, putting her even closer to the Beatles record of 20.
(Fun fact: third place is Rihanna with 14.)
In 1998, Carey released a compilation album called#1sthat was just her then-13 No.
1 song in four different decades.
So, you know what to do!
