ARIA Charts: Mariah Carey’s Christmas reign continues in the New Year

Christmas might be over but that doesn’t mean people are ready to give up their festive feels as Mariah Carey leads the way on the single charts  at #1for the third week. 

Catchy Yuletide hits are still claiming the top 5 spots on the ARIA charts. 

Carey’s former co-producer and co-writer Walter Afanasieff recently said on the Hot Takes & Deep Dives with Jess Rothschild podcast that stories of Carey writing the hit Christmas song on her Casio keyboard as a child was nothing more than tall tales, in a report by The New York Post.

However her representative tells the Post, "Mariah has never claimed to write ‘All I Want for Christmas’ by herself or as a child. She has always credited Walter, as he is cited as a writer on the song, so that would be ridiculous."

"Not sure where that rumour came from, but Mariah is very respectful of writers and the craft, as she is a songwriter herself."