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Christmas Takeover: This Week’s Hot 100 Billboard is Led by Festive Songs

The Billboard Hot 100 has transformed into a winter wonderland, with nine of the top 10 spots claimed by holiday classics.

December 22, 2025 05:17PM EDT

While Mariah Carey continues her reign at the summit, only one artist has managed to keep the Christmas spirit at bay: Taylor Swift, whose smash hit “The Fate of Ophelia” remains the lone non-festive survivor in a sea of snow-dusted hits.

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It’s a scene we see every year, but never quite like this. For the week of December 22, 2025, the Billboard Hot 100 has reached “Peak Christmas.” From the 1950s rock of Brenda Lee to the modern 2010s shimmer of Ariana Grande, holiday music is currently dominating the cultural conversation—and the charts. Leading the pack is the “Queen of Christmas” herself, Mariah Carey, who just secured her unprecedented 100th cumulative week at #1 across her career.

The Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 (Week of December 22, 2025)

All I Want for Christmas Is You – Mariah Carey
Jingle Bell Rock – Bobby Helms
Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree – Brenda Lee
Last Christmas – Wham!
Santa Tell Me – Ariana Grande
The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You) – Nat “King” Cole
Underneath the Tree – Kelly Clarkson
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! – Dean Martin
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Andy Williams
The Fate of Ophelia – Taylor Swift (The Lone Survivor)

Mariah Carey’s Century of Dominance

Grammy Award-winning singer Mariah Carey performs in front of an oversized Christmas card while taping the “Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade” TV special at the Magic Kingdom on December 3, 2010 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.. Carey sings two songs — “Oh Santa” and “All I Want For Christmas is You” — in the annual holiday telecast that airs Dec. 25, 2010 on ABC-TV. (Photo by Matt Stroshane/Disney via Getty Images)

History was made this week as Mariah Carey officially logged her 100th total week at #1 on the Hot 100. This staggering milestone is the result of her 19 career chart-toppers, with “All I Want for Christmas Is You” doing the heavy lifting in recent years. Now in its 21st cumulative week at the top, the song has also surpassed Dua Lipa’s “Levitating” to become the longest-charting title by a female artist in history.

Carolina O'donnell

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