{"id":2504,"date":"2021-12-06T11:44:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2504"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:44:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T16:44:27","slug":"adele-holds-atop-hot-100-mariah-carey-leads-sleigh-ride-of-holiday-hits-back-to-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/?p=2504","title":{"rendered":"Adele Holds Atop Hot 100, Mariah Carey Leads Sleigh Ride of Holiday Hits Back to Top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<script>\r\nif( document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ) ) document.getElementById( \"builder-styles-css\" ).insertAdjacentHTML( \"beforebegin\", \"<link rel='stylesheet' href='https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/themes\/themify-music\/themify\/themify-builder\/css\/themify-builder-style.css' type='text\/css' \/>\" );\r\n<\/script>\r\n\t\t\t\n<p>&#8220;Easy on Me&#8221; reigns for a sixth week, while &#8220;All I Want for Christmas Is You&#8221; surges 12-3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/adele\">Adele<\/a>\u2018s \u201cEasy on Me\u201d tops the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-100\">Billboard Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;songs chart for a sixth total week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, four holiday chestnuts jingle back to the Hot 100\u2019s top 10:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/mariah-carey\">Mariah Carey<\/a>\u2018s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You,\u201d up from No. 12 to No. 3; Brenda Lee\u2019s \u201cRockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree\u201d (14-4); Bobby Helms\u2019 \u201cJingle Bell Rock\u201d (20-5); and Burl Ives\u2019 \u201cA Holly Jolly Christmas\u201d (27-7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data. All charts (dated Dec. 11) will update on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (Dec. 7). For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U3ASj1L6_sY\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEasy on Me,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/columns\/pop\/9645426\/adele-easy-on-me-video-song\/\">released<\/a>&nbsp;Oct. 14 on Columbia Records, drew 87.1 million radio airplay audience impressions (down 6%) and 24.5 million U.S. streams (down 35%) and sold 10,500 downloads (down 62%) in the Nov. 26-Dec. 2 tracking week, according to MRC Data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ballad spends a second week at No. 1 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/radio-songs\">Radio Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart; drops to No. 4 on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/streaming-songs\">Streaming Songs<\/a>&nbsp;after five weeks at the summit; and also ranks at No. 4 after two weeks atop&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/digital-song-sales\/\">Digital Song Sales<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the lead single from Adele\u2019s LP&nbsp;<em>30<\/em>, which tops the Billboard 200 albums chart for a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/adele-30-second-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235005997\/\">second week<\/a>, grants the singer-songwriter a fitting 30th total week at No. 1 on the Hot 100, encompassing her five career leaders. Previously, she reigned with \u201cRolling in the Deep,\u201d for seven weeks in 2011; \u201cSomeone Like You\u201d (five, 2011); \u201cSet Fire to the Rain\u201d (two, 2012); and \u201cHello\u201d (10, 2015-16).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adele is the 17th artist to top the Hot 100 for at least 30 weeks, over the chart\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/hot-100-co-creator-seymour-stein-interview\/\">63-year history<\/a>. She\u2019s the eighth woman to reach the mark, after Mariah Carey, the leader among all acts with 84 weeks at No. 1, Rihanna (60), Beyonc\u00e9 (41), Janet Jackson, Katy Perry (33 each), Madonna (32) and Whitney Houston (31).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEasy on Me\u201d concurrently becomes Adele\u2019s fifth No. 1 on the mainstream top 40-based&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/pop-songs\/\">Pop Airplay<\/a>&nbsp;radio airplay chart. It also leads&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/adult-pop-songs\/\">Adult Pop Airplay<\/a>&nbsp;for a third week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber\u2019s \u201cStay\u201d holds at No. 2 on the Hot 100, after seven weeks at No. 1, with 83.8 million in airplay audience (down 1%), 14.3 million streams (down 13%) and 3,300 sold (down 27%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yXQViqx6GMY\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mariah Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d soars 12-3 on the Hot 100, with 25.8 million U.S. streams (up 47%), 23.4 million airplay audience impressions (up 54%) and 5,800 sold (up 53%) in the tracking week. It bounds 5-1 on Streaming Songs for an 11th total week on top (and is the only holiday song to have led, dating to the survey\u2019s January 2013 inception); 23-8 on Digital Song Sales; and 47-31 on Radio Songs. It also crowns the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-holiday-songs\">Holiday 100<\/a>&nbsp;chart for a 47th week, of the chart\u2019s 52 total weeks since the list launched in 2011; it has topped the tally for 32 consecutive weeks, dating to the start of the 2015-16 holiday season, and rules as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/mariah-carey-charlie-brown-greatest-of-all-time-holiday-charts-1234999010\/\">top title<\/a>&nbsp;on the recently-revealed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/greatest-of-all-time-holiday-100-songs\/\">Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs<\/a>&nbsp;chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChristmas\u201d past, \u201cChristmas\u201d present: Notably, the latest figures for Carey\u2019s anthem are similar to those from the same week a year ago. In the Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2020, post-Thanksgiving tracking frame, the song drew 26.4 million streams, 24.5 million in radio reach and sold 6,800, as it dashed 14-2 on the Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song sports a record-setting history on the Hot 100, following its 1994 release on Carey\u2019s 1994 album&nbsp;<em>Merry Christmas<\/em>. As streaming grew through the 2010s and holiday music became more prominent in Yuletide playlists on multiple streaming services, the carol hit the top 10 for the first time in December 2017. In December 2019, it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/business\/chart-beat\/8546418\/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-number-one\">ascended to the summit<\/a>, 25 years after its original release, becoming the second holiday hit ever to reign; \u201cThe Chipmunk Song,\u201d by David Seville &amp; the Chipmunks, spent four weeks at No. 1 beginning in December 1958.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the ascent, Carey claimed her 19th Hot 100 No. 1, as she extended her mark for the most among soloists and moved to within one of The Beatles\u2019 overall record 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As \u201cChristmas\u201d dominated the Hot 100 for three weeks on the charts dated Dec. 21, 2019, through Jan. 4, 2020, Carey also became the first artist to have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/business\/chart-beat\/8547157\/mariah-carey-number-one-hot-100-four-decades-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you\">ranked at No. 1 on the survey in four distinct decades<\/a>. The track added two more weeks on top in December 2020 and this January, passing \u201cThe Chipmunk Song\u201d for the top cumulative command (five weeks) for a holiday song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DSHGd4lmLd4\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also returning to the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 are three other holiday staples: Brenda Lee\u2019s \u201cRockin\u2019 Around the Christmas Tree,\u201d originally released in 1958 (14-4); the late Bobby Helms\u2019 \u201cJingle Bell Rock,\u201d from 1957 (20-5); and the late Burl Ives\u2019 \u201cA Holly Jolly Christmas,\u201d from 1964 (27-7). A year ago this week, the songs vaulted 21-4 and 31-9 and re-entered at No. 24, respectively. They have peaked at Nos. 2, 3 and 4, respectively, in each of the last two holiday seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, 21 seasonal songs decorate the latest Hot 100, much in line with the 22 on the chart a year ago this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow\u2019s \u201cIndustry Baby\u201d dips 3-6 on the Hot 100, after a week at No. 1, as it posts a 15th week atop both the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/r-b-hip-hop-songs\">Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rap-song\">Hot Rap Songs<\/a>\u00a0charts, which use the same multi-metric methodology as the Hot 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glass Animals\u2019 \u201cHeat Waves\u201d slips to No. 8 from its No. 7 Hot 100 best, as it leads the multi-metric&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/rock-songs\">Hot Rock &amp; Alternative Songs<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/hot-alternative-songs\">Hot Alternative Songs<\/a>&nbsp;charts for an 11th week each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rounding out the Hot 100\u2019s top 10, Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u201cShivers\u201d falls 6-9, after reaching No. 5, and Doja Cat\u2019s \u201cNeed to Know\u201d drops 9-10, after hitting No. 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, for all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram and all charts (dated Dec. 11), including the Hot 100 in its entirety, will refresh on\u00a0Billboard.com\u00a0tomorrow (Dec. 7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: billboard.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2504\" data-postid=\"2504\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2504 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Easy on Me&#8221; reigns for a sixth week, while &#8220;All I Want for Christmas Is You&#8221; surges 12-3. Adele\u2018s \u201cEasy on Me\u201d tops the&nbsp;Billboard Hot 100&nbsp;songs chart for a sixth total week. Plus, four holiday chestnuts jingle back to the Hot 100\u2019s top 10:\u00a0Mariah Carey\u2018s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You,\u201d up from No. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-now","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","no-post-comment","no-post-author"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/03-adele-press-2021-cr-simon-emmett-billboard-15481.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2710,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2504\/revisions\/2710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicnow.iprorecords.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}