Surprise Surprise, Guess Who Has ARIA’s No.1 Single This Week

The post-Christmas ARIA Charts are out, and for the seventh year in a row, Mariah Carey’s iconic festive season track has returned to the top this week.

All I Want For Christmas leads a top 10 singles chart filled with Christmas hits which your family probably played on loop during your festivities and catch-ups over the past week. Carey released the track in 1994 and it is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. She marked the milestone by re-releasing her album Merry Christmas and All I Want For Christmas as a vinyl single earlier this month.

All I Want For Christmas has been the No.1 song in Australia for the week including Christmas Day every year since 2018. During the 2022-23 holidays, it held the top spot for three weeks in a row.

Another iconic festive track celebrating an anniversary this year is Wham’s Last Christmaswhich turned 40 following its release in 1984. However, the track is still yet to reach No.1 here in Australia – it’s sitting at No.2 this week behind Carey. Last Christmas is starting to be coming a perrenial runner-up in the post-Christmas singles chart, it also had the No.2 spot in 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2023-24.

All but two of this week’s top 15 songs are festive season tracks. Last week’s top two songs – Rosé and Bruno Mars’ APT and Grace Abrams’ That’s So True have fallen to No.8 and No.9. The next non-festive season track is Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ Killing With A Smile at No.16.

However, on the album charts, Sabrina Carpenter has prevented a total festive takeover. Arguably one of the biggest stars of 2024, her album Short N’ Sweet returned to No.1 for the first time since mid-October, and stopped Michael Buble’s Christmas album (released in 2011) from claiming top spot. Short N’ Sweet has now spent seven weeks at No.1 throughout 2024.

ARIA CHARTS W/C 30TH DECEMBER 2024

Top 15 Singles

1. Mariah Carey – All I Want For Christmas Is You
2. Wham! – Last Christmas
3. Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
4. Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock
5. Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me
6. Kelly Clarkson – Underneath The Tree
7. Michael Buble – It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
8. Rosé Feat. Bruno Mars – APT
9. Grace Abrams – That’s So True
10. Andy Williams – It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
11. The Ronettes – Sleigh Ride
12. Dean Martin – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
13. Justin Beiber – Mistletoe
14. Michael Buble – Holy Jolly Christmas
15. Sia – Snowman

Top 5 Albums

1. Sabrina Carpenter – Short N’ Sweet
2. Michael Bublé – Christmas
3. Taylor Swift – The Tortured Poets Department
4. SZA – SOS
5. Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard And Soft

You can check out the full ARIA charts for this week here.