Better late than never Mariah, 25 years in the making

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“All I Want for Christmas Is You” finally hit No. 1 on Billboard, 25 years after its release

If the song can hold the top spot a little longer, Mariah Carey will make history.

Mariah Carey, queen of Christmas, is finally getting the recognition she deserves. Her holiday anthem “All I Want for Christmas Is You” just reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, 25 years after it was first released — and in doing so, it’s brought Carey one step closer to making history.

“All I Want for Christmas Is You,” first released in 1994, was an instant classic, and remains one of the only post-’60s releases to make it into the holiday songbook canon. But it was first released as a noncommercial single, which made the song ineligible for the Hot 100 chart.