Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” tops Billboard Hot 100 chart for first time since 1958 launch | USAEMALL.com

Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” has topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the primary time because it was launched in 1958. The vacation basic outperformed acquainted chart-topper Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” which got here in at No. 2.

“Rockin'” was streamed practically 35 million occasions between the Friday after Thanksgiving and Thursday, in line with Billboard. The information follows final month’s launch of a music video for the track, which Lee has stated she knew was particular when she first heard it as a baby.

“I wanted to do it, and we did,” she advised CMT, a division of Paramount, the father or mother firm of CBS News. “It just came out every year and became what it was. The people were great. They went out, they bought it, they embraced it. Radio embraced it, and ‘Home Alone,’ of course, didn’t hurt it at all. And it’s just been a magical time in my life.”

The track’s ascent to the No. 1 spot breaks numerous data.

It’s now the only with the longest run from its launch to the No. 1 spot — 65 years. It debuted on the Hot 100 in 1960, then took slightly below 63 years to hit the highest, setting a report for the longest climb ever to No. 1.

It’s additionally the longest break for an artist between No. 1 hits: 63 years, one month and two weeks between “I Want To Be Wanted” and “Rockin’.”

Lee additionally has the longest span from her first No. 1 to her final: 63 years, 4 months and three weeks since “I’m Sorry” topped the chart in 1960.

Lee, at age 78, is the oldest artist to prime the chart. The prior report was 62-year-old Louis Armstrong with “Hello, Dolly!” in 1964.

Lee stated in a press release she was a younger teenager when “Rockin'” got here out, and realizing that it resonates with a number of generations is among the greatest presents she’s ever obtained.