http://goo.gl/3pRRZi Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' Hits New Hot 100 High, Reaches Top 20 for First Time 12/21/2015 by Gary Trust Carey's 1994 classic reaches a new peak (No. 18) while continuing atop the Holiday 100 chart. 此曲在今年首度進入Hot100前20名，之前最高紀錄是2012年底的21名(榜單日期2013) More than two decades after its original release, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" continues to hit new heights. The 1994 carol rises 22-18 on the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Jan. 2, 2016), scoring its best rank ever on the chart. The song had previously peaked at No. 21 peak on the Hot 100 dated Jan. 5, 2013. Holiday Airplay與Holiday Streaming Songs繼續保持冠軍 Holiday Digital Songs下滑到第二名，輸給The Voice冠軍Jordan Smith新歌 "Christmas" also remains atop the Holiday 100 chart. It leads Holiday Airplay (38 million in all-format audience, up 22 percent, according to Nielsen Music) and Holiday Streaming Songs (8.3 million U.S. streams, up 10 percent), while slipping 1-2 on Holiday Digital Songs despite a 2 percent lift to 31,000 downloads sold in the week ending Dec. 17. (As previously reported, Jordan Smith, the newly-crowned champion of NBC's The Voice, debuts atop the overall Digital Songs chart, as well as Holiday Digital Songs, with "Mary Did You Know," which starts with 161,000 sold). All charts, including the Hot 100, will refresh tomorrow (Dec. 22) on Billboard.com. 至於為何這首紅遍歐美的聖誕經典始終未能進入前20名？ 話說，這首歌見證了Hot 100榜單歷年計算方式的轉變： 1. 1994年發行時，這首歌只當作宣傳單曲、沒發實體單曲 以當時制度，未發行實體單曲就無法進入Hot 100 只能在其他僅計算電台點播數的小榜沾一下醬油 (閒聊：大家還記不記得1997年Natalie Imbruglia/Torn的故事？ 這首歌在美國電台點播拿下瘋狂的連續11週冠軍， 卻因為未發行實體單曲成為榜史遺珠。 一直到1998年底bibo改制，才勉強進榜拿下第42名。 以前西洋大樂兵Johnny都說：這首歌只要賣出一張單曲就可以拿冠軍了啊！） 繼續回來看咪咪。 2. 1998年12月，bibo開放未作商業發行之單曲進榜， 於是在1999年底初次進榜奪下83名（榜單日期為2000年） 3. 2012年，bibo再度改制，若舊歌有能力進入Hot 100前50名，就讓你入榜。 於是乎，這首歌再度破繭重生了： 21 (2012) --> 26 (2013) --> 35 (2014) --> 18 (2015) 真是各種愛恨糾葛。 How does Carey's "Christmas" reach a new high on the Hot 100 more than 21 years after its release? Its chart history is a bit tangled (like a string of Christmas tree lights freshly taken out of storage). The chronology: the song was first released as a promotional single to radio, but not as a commercially-available single, in 1994. It ushered in Carey's first seasonal album, Merry Christmas. The song's lack of original retail availability is key, as, per rules at the time, only tracks available as singles in stores could chart on the Hot 100. (Remember, this was the pre-digital era, when the only way to purchase individual songs was via physical singles, i.e., on CD, cassette or vinyl.) "Christmas" hit No. 6 on Adult Contemporary, No. 9 on Pop Songs and No. 12 on the all-genre Radio Songs tally (with all three charts based solely on airplay) in the winter of 1994-95, but was frozen out of the Hot 100. By December of 1998, non-commercially-available titles were allowed to appear on the Hot 100, and "Christmas" first hit the chart dated Jan. 8, 2000, spending a week at No. 83. By 2012, rules were amended so that older songs were allowed to chart on the Hot 100 if ranking in the top 50 and showing noteworthy continued gains. On Dec. 22, 2012, "Christmas" re-entered at No. 29; it rose to No. 21 two weeks later. It since hit highs of No. 26 (in winter 2013-14) and No. 35 (2014-15) before its new best rank this week. 截至本週，神曲在美國數位下載累積至310萬次(從2003年bibo計算數位下載開始) 神專Merry Christmas累積550萬張 "Christmas" has sold 3.1 million downloads (since Nielsen Music began scanning digital sales in 2003), ruling as the best-selling holiday download to date, while the Merry Christmas album has sold 5.5 million copies. The song has also spun off a new TV movie, A Christmas Melody, which premiered Saturday, Dec. 19, on Hallmark (with further airings scheduled this week). The film marks Carey's directorial debut and stars the diva, as well as Lacey Chabert. 神曲的共同創作者Walter Afanasieff當然也要出來講講話啦 "Thousands of original Christmas songs have been written in the last 20 years, but for whatever reason, it just became that song," Walter Afanasieff, who co-wrote "Christmas" with Carey, told Billboard in 2014. "It just keeps growing and growing. I believe it will be the most successful, popular Christmas song of all time." --

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