Mariah Carey 's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" returns to No. 1 this week, notching its record-tying 19th week atop the Billboard Hot 100. Its outright ownership of the all-time record seems as inevitable as the tides — as does, sadly, the further holiday dominance of one Michael Steven Bublé .

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In 2019, Lil Nas X set a record that looked likely to stand for a while: His song "Old Town Road (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus )" held down the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 for an astounding 19 weeks. Last year, Shaboozey matched that feat with another country/hip-hop hybrid: "A Bar Song (Tipsy)."

That's not to suggest that "Old Town Road" and "A Bar Song" are the two biggest hits of all time. They're merely beneficiaries of a streaming landscape in which listeners a

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