‘Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special’ tops Apple TV+ charts in 100 countries — Apple World Today

Guests on the holiday special include Tiffany Haddish, Billy Eichner, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Snoop Dogg, Jermaine Dupri, Misty Copeland and Mykal-Michelle Harris. Carey’s twins, Moroccan and Monroe, will also make an appearance.

“Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special” arrived with a companion soundtrack that was released exclusively on Apple Music on Dec. 4 before hitting other platforms on Friday. It featured new interpretations of some of Carey’s holiday classics, and the album is a bonafide hit, too, scoring scored the largest number of holiday album first-day streams on Apple Music.

The song “Oh Santa!” from the album features the first pairing of Carey with Grande and Hudson and briefly topped the Apple Music charts at No. 1 across the globe. (It has since been displaced by Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”) The “Oh Santa!” music video currently has been viewed north of 14.7 million times.

Meanwhile, Carey’s holiday hit, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” is skyrocketing on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, moving to No. 2 this week from last week’s position at No. 14. The song was first released in 1994 and made its way to No. 1 last year, earning Carey her 19th No. 1 single.