US EditionMariah Carey breaks record with 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' as she prepares for Olympic performance
Mariah Carey's holiday hit tops Billboard Hot 100 for 20 weeks, becoming the longest-running No. 1 single as she prepares to perform at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.
- On Monday organisers announced pop superstar Mariah Carey will headline the Milano Cortina 2026 opening ceremony, performing at Milan’s San Siro Stadium to launch the Games.
- Organisers say Carey’s appearance embodies the ceremony’s theme of `Harmony`, blending music and sport to highlight inclusion as the Games approach in weeks.
- Produced by Balich Wonder Studio, the opening ceremony will feature international artists and celebrate Italian culture and innovation across Milan, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Lombardy, Veneto, and Trentino-Alto Adige.
- With a best-known hit that remains dominant, Carey’s catalogue, including the most-streamed holiday track of all time, is expected to boost the ceremony’s appeal and generates royalty estimates of 6 to 15 million dollars annually.
- Looking beyond the ceremony, Carey's song had generated over $60 million in royalties by 2017, while Italian swimmer Gregorio Paltrinieri carries the 2026 torch through Italy.
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The singer Mariah Carey has once again broken a musical record at Christmas with her famous All I Want for Christmas Is You carol. This time she has managed to keep the theme for 20 weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100! list, something that no other song had ever achieved before. “Humblely retaking the torch. 20 weeks at number one. I’m so grateful,” the artist reacted on her Instagram account.
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