While Mariah Carey‘s annual holiday dash to #1 on the Hot 100 is expected, it’s also impressive, unprecedented, and – as evidenced this week – historic.

Carey’s ‘Christmas’ unseated Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Squabble Up‘ for this week’s chart championship. Here are the numbers that powered the placement:

• Streaming = 8.2 million U.S.-based streams
• Sales = 3,000 digital downloads
• Radio airplay = 24.4 million audience impressions

The return marks the 15th week the has occupied the Hot 100’s top spot, making it the longest-running unaccompanied #1 hit of any female act in history. Its reascension extends the diva’s record for most career weeks at #1 (94).

‘Christmas’ was previously locked in a three-way tie with Carey’s own 2005 smash ‘We Belong Together’ and Whitney Houston‘s ‘I Will Always Love You’ (14 weeks apiece) for the prestigious title.

Among all female-led hits (solo or otherwise), Mariah is now #2 to herself as her Boyz II Men-accompanied hit ‘One Sweet Day‘ lodged 16 weeks atop the all-genre chart at the height of its popularity across 1995-96.

Look below to see who joins the Queen of Christmas in the top 10 of this week’s Hot 100.

 

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