Mariah Carey‘s holiday staple “All I Want For Christmas is You” has broken the Spotify record for most streams in a day, according to Fader. The song reached 10.8 million streams as of Christmas Eve, according to Chart Data.
.@MariahCarey‘s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” has broken the global Spotify record for biggest single day (10,819,009 streams on 12/24).
— chart data (@chartdata) December 25, 2018
The track popped back onto the iTunes charts back in November and had been gaining streams as the Christmas season approached, nearly two decades after its release. Carey herself took to Twitter to comment.
Wait… What?! 😳😳😳 https://t.co/C2zw3hGQeK
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) December 25, 2018
The record was previously held by XXXTentacion‘s “SAD!” at 10.4 streams. This record was set on June 19, one day after the rapper was shot and killed.