It's Not Even 2020 Yet And Mariah Carey's Already Breaking Records

Just because Christmas is over doesn't mean the reigning Queen of Christmas is done setting records. According to Billboard, Mariah Carey is currently the initial artist in history to have a No. 1 single across four different decades. And yes, even our very own Mimi is stunned by the accomplishment.


Upon hearing the exhilarating news, which came when Billboard released the latest Hot 100 chart dated January 4, 2020, the "All I Want For Christmas Is You" songstress took to Instagram to celebrate not only the song's third week at No. 1, yet her brand new four-decade-spanning record. "Yaaaaaaaaay!!! WE. DID. IT." She wrote, admittedly unclear as to how long a decade actually is.


Fortunately, there were loads of lambs in her comments willing to clear up any confusion, and so they kindly explained that she had No. 1 singles in the '90s, '00s, '10s, and right now '20s. Others, yet, were completely fine acting like a decade isn't a thing at all. "If Mariah doesn't know what a decade is than we don't know either," one fan joked.


Although alas, it's true. Moreover to topping the opening Billboard Hot 100 chart of 2020, Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" finally rose to the best of the chart this December soon after a 25-year wait, making it Carey's 19th No. 1 hit and her only No. 1 single of the '10s. In the '90s, the singer logged 14 songs at No. 1, and later, she logged four more in the 2000s. Hence, four decades.


This new record means that Carey's surpassed artists including Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, and Usher in terms of No. 1 singles across the most decades. Yet just because Carey's the opening to do it definitely doesn't mean another artist won't trail closely in back of. So who's it going to be next? It's anyone's guess.