Michael Buble’s Mariah Carey Cover Tops Adult Contemporary
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
Michael Buble’s cover of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” does what the original never did: it reaches No. 1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary radio airplay chart.
The remake bounds 10-1 in its third week on the AC tally, outperforming the No. 6 peak to which Carey’s version climbed the week of Jan. 7, 1995. Just past Thanksgiving, Buble’s version received airplay on 64 of the AC panel’s 76 stations in the chart’s tracking week, as the format makes its annual segue to a reliance on holiday music, a movement that intensified at the beginning of the 2000s.
Buble’s slower take than Carey’s jangly original “Christmas” marks his fourth AC No. 1, following “Home” (two weeks, 2005); “Everything” (three, 2007); and, “Haven’t Met You Yet” (three, 2010).
Carey, meanwhile, is charting on AC with a new version of “Christmas.” Justin Bieber’s new duet of the song with Carey, from his seasonal set “Under the Mistletoe,” jumps 18-11 in its second week.
Justin Bieber & Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is currently available from:
International
USA: iTunes | Amazon MP3 | 7 Digital
South Korea: Olleh Music | Melon | Bugs
Australia: Justin Bieber’s Official Australian Site | iTunes
Canada: iTunes | 7 Digital | Japan: iTunesEurope
Holland: iTunes | Switzerland: iTunes | Norway: iTunes | Denmark: iTunes | Sweden: iTunes | Spain: iTunes | Italy: iTunes | Ireland: iTunes | Golden Discs
UK: iTunes | Amazon MP3 | Play Digital | HMV Digital | 7 Digital | Tesco Digital
Source: Billboard
November 29th, 2011 at 4:51 am
GO Mariah!! as the songwriter she must be very proud to score a #1 oN THE A/C Chart.
November 29th, 2011 at 5:13 am
This is no surprise, Buble as the AC audience on lockdown! I am bit surprised Mariah & Bieber duet is doing so well on AC!
November 29th, 2011 at 5:43 am
“Oh Santa” jumps to #1 ONLY on its second week last year on AC
November 29th, 2011 at 8:51 am
MissGiselle-
This #1 does not count towards Mariah’s AC tally because she did not sing the song. Yes, she wrote it but this chart only counts the singer as artist, not songwriter.
Mariah could snatch another AC Top 10 hit though if her remake with Bieber moves one notch
November 29th, 2011 at 9:31 am
Will Mariah make any money now that Bubles version of AIWFCIY topped the AC charts?
November 29th, 2011 at 10:29 am
MusicBox-
Mariah & Walter Afanasieff collect royalties from writing the song. The original version is still being downloaded. Do not fret for MC. She is making money hand over fist from AIWFCIY.
November 29th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Yas Mariah wins from all versions of the song. Nice work MC!!!!
November 30th, 2011 at 10:28 am
Joe
I know it won’t count as her #1 duh lol
But as the “songwriter” she gets credit cause she wrote the song so as a “songwriter” so it adds up for songwriter Talllys.