I've been a Mariah Carey fan for over 20 years now, and if I haven't learned anything else, I've learned one important thing. That important thing is to never count this woman out. She's always full of surprises and has proved countless times the reason why she will always remain at the top of music. 18 years ago when she sat down in the studio to write "All I Want For Christmas Is You", little did she know that she was writing a song that would live on for years and ultimately be hailed as "a holiday standard" as stated by Rolling Stone. Along with other classic Christmas songs like "Rockin around The Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee and "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey remains an iconic composition worthy enough to be paired with the greats.
Aside from amazingly Re-Entering the Holiday song charts at #1 every year since it's inception, "All I Want.." has made yet another achievement to add to the list. Due to recent changes being made to the charting guidelines, the effervescent Holiday standard has Re-Entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #29. Since then, it has climbed up a few more spots and sits pretty at #25.
Due to the way the charting guidelines were written back in the 90's, the song was ineligible for inclusion on the Hot 100, but that has since changed. The new rules of the chart states should any song accumulate enough radio airplay, online streams and sales to crack the top 50 of the Hot 100, it will be eligible to chart. Guideline changes such as this made it possible for Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" to re-enter the charts and ultimately peak at #3, following her untimely passing back in February. One can only imagine how high "All I Want" will peak after all is said and done, but rest assure we are all happy for Mariah and celebrate the fact that real music is finding its way back to the public and to the charts where it belongs.
