Dean Martin - "Let It Snow, Let It Snow..

PopArchivist wrote: Paul Haney, Where was these streaming numbers for all the years since the change to include streaming numbers into the Billboard equation? This is the first year where it clearly has had an effect on the charts. But other than Mariah last year and the years before, why have none of these top 10 Xmas classics risen up the charts this way in 2016 and 2015 or 2014...

The streaming numbers were there before, it's just that
2018 saw a dramatic rise in the overall numbers. Just a
fact of life that so many more people are streaming this
year as opposed to prior years. Also, keep in mind that
any older titles must rank at #50 or higher to enter the
Hot 100. If not for that rule, there would be even more
Christmas titles on the chart this year. Billboard also
compiles a special Holiday 100 chart that lists the Top
100 seasonal hits for those interested to see how they
all compare.

Here's another sign of the effect streaming data is having on the Hot 100. This week a 1:36 long song aimed at toddlers makes the Top 40, "Baby Shark" by Pinkfong. (It is kinda catchy.)

And I'm pretty sure that last week Brenda Lee set records for being both the youngest and the oldest female to have a Top 10 hit. The youngest when considering the artist's age when the recording was made (13) and the oldest when considering the artist's age when the recording made the Top 10 (74). (Although some sources claim that Tiffany was only 13 when she recorded "Could've Been".)


Last week, Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" reached #1 on the Canadian Hot 100.