New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Mariah Carey's iconic holiday pop, "All I Want For Christmas Is You," is still breaking records even two decades after its release.
According to Chart Data, Carey's wintertime hit broke the Spotify record for the most streams in a single day, reaching 10.8 million streams as of Christmas Eve. The record was previously held by
XXXTentacion for his single, "Sad!" The song reached 10.4 streams on June 19 — one day after he was shot and killed.
The single-day global streaming record was previously held by the late XXXTentacion, whose song "SAD!" racked up 10.4 million streams on Spotify on June 19.
A surprised Carey reacted to the news on Twitter, writing, "Wait… What?!"
.@MariahCarey's "
All I Want For Christmas Is You" has broken the global Spotify record for biggest single day (10,819,009 streams on 12/24). - chart data (@chartdata) December 25, 2018
Wait… What?! 😳😳😳 https://t.co/C2zw3hGQeK -
Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) December 25, 2018
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is currently No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 after peaking at No. 6 a week ago. It is also the highest-charting holiday season-themed hit in 60 years, according to Billboard.
The song, which Carey wrote and produced with Walter Afanasieff, appeared on her first Christmas album Merry Christmas in 1994. It is the 11th best-selling single of all time and had earned $60 million in royalties as of 2017.