HERE COMES ‘SANTA’: Mariah Carey logs the highest debut among her 29 career Adult Contemporary chart entries, as “Oh Santa!” dashes in at No. 12.
The start is the chart’s highest since deSoL bowed at No. 6 with “Little Drummer Boy” the week of Dec. 17, 2005.
Carey’s previous loftiest start belonged to “Dreamlover,” which began at No. 17 in 1993.
“Oh Santa!,” which introduces Carey’s second holiday album, “Merry Christmas II You,” has already topped Billboard’s Holiday Digital Songs chart.
THE MORE, THE MERRIER: Five additional seasonal songs enter Adult Contemporary: “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” by Katharine McPhee featuring Chris Botti (No. 23); “Shake Up Christmas,” by Train (No. 24); “Do You Hear What I Hear,” by Susan Boyle featuring Amber Stassi (No. 25); “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” by Wilson Phillips (No. 27); and, “Christmas Tonight,” by Dave Barnes and Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott (No. 29).
Wilson Phillips had last charted on Adult Contemporary in 2004 when its remake of Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way” reached No. 13
Source: Billboard