charts discussion Spotify (12/24): AIWFCIY 24.863m, Santa Tell Me 15m

[Popboi.]

4 minutes ago, DevilsRollTheDice said:

I feel like Mariah will eventually get Marveled and collapse under the weight of her own success. Obviously the song is always going to be an immortal Christmas classic, but I think we'll continue seeing more competition for the top spot. At least, I hope so. Gonna be a little boring if every Hot 100 record is eventually claimed by one song. I wonder if Billboard will eventually change charting rules. 

But not before it reclaims her record for longest running #1

[NEX]

2 hours ago, Squall said:

I don't know, I'm too focused on album units

If only any of you ever focused on album's quality instead of jerking off to album's numbers that would have been a Christmas miracle 

[slw84]

3 hours ago, Almighty Gaga said:

Wham closing the gap from 2m last year to 300k this year. Its moment is coming next year

Yes, after Brenda had her cute moment last year Wham! is up next year AFTER Mariah breaks the hot 100 #1 20 week achievement.

 

Mariah can clear her 19th and 20th week late Nov/early December.

 

From there Wham's team needs to eat up the playlist, pay radio, get the 50-11 discounts and remixes out there to claim the last two weeks of December 2025 and then Mariah can return again but after 20 weeks at #1 it won't matter how many more weeks she gets.

 

Yes, for My Only Wish this year clearing 5.8M she's slowly rising

[Squall]

42 minutes ago, NEX said:

If only any of you ever focused on album's quality instead of jerking off to album's numbers that would have been a Christmas miracle 

We can do both, don't worry 

[kellebrity98]

Underneath the Tree becoming this big of a modern classic is very impressive, good for her 

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

4 hours ago, Kyoto said:

How many streams it has? For sure it has crossed 2B by now

782M total  

[PurrKaty]

4 hours ago, Bloodflowers. said:

 

Home Alone, her impacT.

 

So true, even Brenda has said since that movie the song had started to grow each year to what it is now.

[Just a Gay on ATRL]

2 hours ago, DevilsRollTheDice said:

I feel like Mariah will eventually get Marveled and collapse under the weight of her own success. Obviously the song is always going to be an immortal Christmas classic, but I think we'll continue seeing more competition for the top spot. At least, I hope so. Gonna be a little boring if every Hot 100 record is eventually claimed by one song. I wonder if Billboard will eventually change charting rules. 

I think it's just the natural cycle of things that her song eventually gets surpassed and other Christmas songs get their time in the sun.

 

Rockin got its shine in Christmas 2023 (although it seems like Mariah held her off this year in the US). Eventually I feel like Jingle Bell Rock and/or Last Christmas could get their time to have a moment. In a couple years, could also see STM & UTT coming for #1.

[Walk_Away21]

 

 

[KillingYourCareer]

5 hours ago, Feanor said:

"Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" really exploded in global recognition these past few years. I feel like it never was one of the most popular Christmas songs (at least outside the US) like 10-15 years ago, but now it's up there with AIWFCIY and "Last Christmas". 

 

EDIT:  I looked up 2017 stats on Christmas Eve for comparison and yeah, Brenda's song gained massively over the past 7 years:

 

In 2017 it was…

1. Mariah - 8.1M

2. Wham - 6.5M

11. Brenda - 3.2M (only 9th highest Xmas song)

 

Now it completes the trinity with them.

I feel like most of these songs aren't necessarily known globally - 99% of these streams come from pre-made Christmas playlists that people just mindlessly put on.

[Popboi.]

43 minutes ago, Walk_Away21 said:

 

 

Bigger than emails' best day after Espresso exploded

[stevyy]

7 hours ago, Almighty Gaga said:

Wham closing the gap from 2m last year to 300k this year. Its moment is coming next year

The gap is actually wider. Mariah has re-uploaded the extra festive version of AIW which was combined with the original 3 years ago. The re-upload did 414k yesterday. AIW's combined total is 25,3 million. 

 

 

[genio]

I feel like Last Christmas became my all time favorite Christmas song this year. It was always AIWFCIY before, but ever since playing the live version of LC from 2006, it became better than any other xmas song tbh. It was always my second favorite before. 

 

So, I'm happy to see it being so close to #1, maybe it can have the top spot for itself for a couple of years. 

 

Also, very happy to see Ariana's Christmas songs in there and STM.  Kelly being so close to 15m, they deserve it for their great tunes. Also very glad to see Santa Can't You Hear Me being received so well for a third year in a row, almost 6m streams is crazy. Another fantastic holiday tune.

 

Sia and Britney slaying as usual.  

 

Celine's O Holy Night getting a new peak with 4.5m streams! Definitely one of the best Christmas records, ever. 

 

 

 

[Almighty Gaga]

6 minutes ago, stevyy said:

The gap is actually wider. Mariah has re-uploaded the extra festive version of AIW which was combined with the original 3 years ago. The re-upload did 414k yesterday. AIW's combined total is 25,3 million. 

 

 

LC has another version too that did 275k, so still the same.

[Lightbringer007]

Mariah, Wham!, Ari and Kelly smashing yep!

 

Merry christmas everyone btw!

[stevyy]

59 minutes ago, Almighty Gaga said:

LC has another version too that did 275k, so still the same.

The gap did shrink, but not by as much as people insinuated. AIW also has its remix from 2000, + several live uploads. 

 

Only the biggest version streams are talked about here. The fact that the deleted Extra Festive version which had 42 million streams at the beginning of the 2020s when it was deleted... was re-uploaded is big news. This version was doing 800k-1 million in its own right in the days leading up to Christmas 3 years ago.

 

Now it's back and it will grow to its former heights in no time - which will make it harder for the main upload to keep increases percentage wise.

[Blade Runner]

Didn't break Fortnight's record. Not even Christmas is bigger than Taylor Swift. Damn. 

[Carrie-is-no-1]

 

not the daily stream destroyed some of the girl's debut numbers 

[Roberto]

So, will the numbers be better tomorrow? Or is this probably the peak?

Edited 13 hours ago by Roberto