Baden-Baden (dpa) – Currently number one in Germany, Mariah Carey’s seasonal song “All I Want For Christmas Is You” will soon disappear from the charts again. If it storms back to the top of the German charts at the end of 2024, it could become Germany’s most successful number one hit and break the record set by “Komet” by Udo Lindenberg and Apache 207.
The song by Lindenberg and rapper Apache spent a total of 21 weeks at number one in 2023, in its first year. Mariah Carey has racked up 17 weeks at number one so far, four of them in the past year alone. The Christmas hit was released at the end of 1994, so it’s 30 years old this year.
If she returns to the top for four weeks or even five in 2024, she will equal “Komet’s” record – at least. Only since 2019 has Carey made it to first place in GfK Entertainment’s Official German Charts for a few weeks around Christmas every year.
Apache 207 no longer has the longest chart hit
Speaking of recurring Christmas hits: For many years, “Last Christmas” by Wham! the title that has been in the German single charts for the longest time. Last year, the song “Roller” by the Ludwigshafen rapper Apache 207 passed George Michael’s catchy tune. But Apache is no longer the record holder either.
British singer-songwriter Tom Odell overtook Apache 207 in early December. His love song “Another Love” is from 2013. In recent years it has become popular again through Tiktok, for example. It developed into a song of solidarity for Ukraine and Iran.
Odell’s “Another Love” is currently at 202 weeks, Apache’s 2019 song “Roller” is at 199. The 1984 Christmas pop song “Last Christmas” has 169 weeks.
Like Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” “Last Christmas” charts a few weeks each year during the holiday season.
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2024-01-01 17:31:06
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