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Mariah Carey isn’t this year’s Christmas queen, although she has a spot on Australia’s final 2023 charts with All I Want For Christmas Is You (via Columbia/Sony).
Carey’s festive classic ends Australia’s festive season with a 2-1 record and ranks in the Christmas top 5 on the ARIA charts, released on Friday 29 December.
Last week, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was beaten to the No. 1 Christmas spot by Jack Harlow’s “Lovin On Me” (Atlantic/Warner). The 1994 hit completed its climb up the charts, reaching No. 1 for the sixth consecutive year.
The top five in the latest tally also include Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree” (up 5-2 via Warner/Universal), Wham’s “Last Christmas” (up 4-3 via Sony), Michael Bublé The “It’s” are “Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” (up 10-4 via Reprise/Warner) and Ariana Grande’s “Santa Tell Me” (up 7-5 via Universal).
Harlow’s “Lovin On Me” drops one to seven, ending a six-week run at the top. It’s one of only two non-Christmas songs currently in the ARIA top 20, the other being Tate McRae’s “Greedy” (RCA/Sony), which falls 3-15.
Several new tracks influence the survey, all with a Christmas theme. These include Cher’s “DJ Play a Christmas Song” (Warner Music Ranking No. 45), which has charted as a pop icon in the US and UK. ChristmasCher’s 27th studio album “” is the hottest new album this week, ranking No. 40 on the ARIA Album Chart.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift 1989 (Taylor version) (via Universal Pictures) spends its ninth consecutive week at No. 1, extending its lead as Australia’s number one record of the year.
Swift holds all the top 5 titles on the ARIA rankings except for Bublé’s Double Diamond certification Christmas (Reprise/Warner), leading 4-2. In total, Swift has 7 of the top 10 albums.
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