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It’s Official! Mariah Carey is the First Artist to Have a Billboard #1 Single in Four Decades

Mariah Carey keeps setting records! Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” keeps expanding her record breaking catalog.

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With Carey’s Christmas hit, she has set a record that hasn’t been achieved before. She has a #1 single in four different decades. The 90s, 00s, 10s, and 20s. Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” ended the 2010’s being number one, and is beginning the 2020s at number one. Although released in 1994, Carey’s Christmas classic returns to the Billboard charts every year. The single helped Carey earn her 19th Billboard #1 single.

Carey’s number one singles include:

  1. “Vision of Love” (1990)
  2. “Love Takes Time” (1990)
  3. “Someday” (1991)
  4. “I Don’t Wanna Cry” (1991)
  5. “Emotions” (1991)
  6. “I’ll Be There” (1992)
  7. “Dreamlover” (1993)
  8. “Hero” (1993)
  9. “Fantasy” (1995)
  10. “One Sweet Day” (1995) – Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men
  11. “Always Be My Baby” (1996)
  12. “Honey” (1997)
  13. “My All” (1998)
  14. “Heartbreaker” Featuring Jay-Z (1999)
  15. “Thank God I Found You” Featuring Joe & 98 Degrees (2000)
  16. “We Belong Together” 2005
  17. “Don’t Forget About Us” (2005)
  18. “Touch My Body” (2008)
  19. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (2019 & 2020)
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