Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” adds a record-extending 20th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200, rebounding a spot to the summit. The 1994 modern classic widens its lead over HUNTR/X’s “Golden” and Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile,” each in second place with 18 weeks on top, for the longest command since the chart began in September 2020.

On the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, Wham!’s “Last Christmas,” from 1984, lifts two spots to reign for the first time. It’s the second holiday hit to top the tally, after “All I Want for Christmas Is You” (14 weeks, over the 2020-24 holiday seasons). A week ago, “Last Christmas” led the Global 200 for the first time.

Elsewhere, carols by Dean Martin and Sia return to the top 10 of the respective charts, and El Bogueto and Yung Beef’s “Cuando No Era Cantante” blasts 23-5 on Global Excl. U.S.

The Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts rank songs based on streaming and sales activity culled from more than 200 territories around the world, as compiled by Luminate. The Global 200 is inclusive of worldwide data and the Global Excl. U.S. chart comprises data from territories excluding the United States.

Chart ranks are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of audio and video music services, as well as download sales, the latter of which reflect purchases from full-service digital music retailers from around the world, with sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites excluded from the charts’ calculations.

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” tops the Global 200 with 101.6 million streams (up 8% week-over-week) and 7,000 sold (up 2%) worldwide in the week ending Dec. 18.

“Last Christmas” dips to No. 2 on the Global 200; Brenda Lee’s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” climbs 5-3, after the 1958 recording hit a No. 2 best in 2022; Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” holds at No. 4, after three weeks at No. 1 beginning in October; and Bobby Helms’ “Jingle Bell Rock” trots 6-5, after the 1957 single reached No. 4 over the 2020 holidays.

Plus, Dean Martin’s “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” storms 11-9 on the Global 200, with the 1959 release having hit No. 6 over the 2023 holiday season.

“Last Christmas” becomes Wham!’s first Global Excl. U.S. No. 1, with 64.7 million streams (up 5%) and 3,000 sold (up 22%) beyond the U.S.

“The Fate of Ophelia” is steady at No. 2 on Global Excl. U.S., after three weeks at No. 1 starting in October; “All I Want for Christmas Is You” dashes 4-3; and “Golden” falls to No. 4 from the top spot after a record-tying 19 weeks at No. 1.

El Bogueto and Yung Beef’s “Cuando No Era Cantante” surges 23-5 on Global Excl. U.S., becoming the first top 10 on the chart for the respective Mexican and Spanish artists, up 77% to 47.7 million streams outside the U.S. Among its reigns on Billboard’s Hits of the World charts, the collab rules Mexico Songs for an eighth week.

Also decorating the Global Excl. U.S. top 10, Sia’s “Snowman” heats up (safely) 11-9; it reached No. 4 in 2023.

The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts (dated Dec. 27) will update on Billboard.com Tuesday, Dec. 23. For both charts, the top 100 titles are available to all readers on Billboard.com, while the complete 200-title rankings are visible on Billboard Pro, Billboard’s subscription-based service. For all chart news, you can follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both X and Instagram.

Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes a thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious or unverifiable is removed, using established criteria, before final chart calculations are made and published.

Producer Bill Bracken has joined Dick Clark Productions as executive vp of production. Bracken will oversee all elements of production across the company’s portfolio of shows including the Golden Globes, Golden Eve (a new Globes spinoff show launching in January), American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest.

“We’re thrilled to have one of the industry’s very best join the team,” Jay Penske, CEO, Dick Clark Productions, said in a statement. “Bill brings deep experience working on some of the most watched shows of our time, creative vision, operational excellence and a collaborative spirit to our work. We look forward to Bill’s leadership as we continue to grow and evolve our productions for years to come.”

“Joining Dick Clark Productions is the chance of a lifetime,” Bracken said. “I have always admired their legendary slate of programming, and at this transformative time of expansion for DCP, I’m excited to leave my mark on these iconic productions while continuing to enhance them for audiences across the globe.”

Bracken has won six Daytime Emmys as a producer of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, on which he has worked for 32 years. He has also received two Primetime Emmy nominations as a producer of NBC’s Betty White’s 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America’s Golden Girl (2012) and NBC’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 90th Celebration (2017).

Bracken’s other credits include the Emmy Awards, Christmas in Rockefeller Center, Grand Opening of Hong Kong Disneyland, The NAACP Image Awards, Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, NBC’s Christmas at Graceland, NBC’s Grand Ole Opry: 95 Years of Country Music, NBC’s One Night Only: The Best of Broadway and the Disney+ live concert special Grace for the World: Live from St. Peters Square in Vatican City.

Bracken is a member of both the Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America.

Dick Clark Productions is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.

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It’s week 16 of Monday Night Football and the NFL is headed to Indianapolis.

This Monday, Dec. 22, the San Francisco 49ers (10-4) and Indianapolis Colts (8-6) will go head-to-head in a thrilling NFC West vs. AFC South matchup right before the holidays. With the regular season almost over, both football teams are fighting there ways into the playoffs. A win for either squads is crucial to keep their postseason hopes alive. The game will begin promptly at 8:15pm tonight at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis airing live on ESPN.

If you’re in the area and watch to catch the 49ers vs. Colts game live, there are last-minute tickets available online via StubHub and Seat Geek with prices as low as $167. If you don’t live in the area, or just don’t have enough money to shell out on tickets, we’re showing you how you can stream tonight’s game live and on-demand (with and without cable) for free.

How to Watch Monday Night Football on ABC, ESPN & More

The 49ers vs. Colts will begin at 8:15pm ET broadcasted live via ESPN. If you don’t have cable, you can stream MNF games on DirecTV, Fubo, Sling TV and Hulu + Live TV.

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Please note: Sling TV’s pricing and channel availability depends on your local TV market.

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For the most content options, Hulu + Live TV gives you access to the entire Hulu library in addition to more than 95 live TV channels — including ESPN for just $82.99 per month.

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Drake’s looking to give back this holiday season. The 6 God hosted the first night of three live streams on Stake on Sunday (Dec. 21).

Drizzy’s hoping to end his gambling year on a high note, and if all goes well, he’ll be giving back 10 percent of his betting wins to a lucky fan this week.

“Can we end my roughest gambling year on a good note?? I want to MAXWIN and share 10% of it with you,” he wrote while posting details urging followers to enter the contest via Stake.

Most recently, Drake posted a $200,000 betting slip on Jake Paul to beat Anthony Joshua over the weekend, which ended up being a loss, as the former two-time heavyweight champion boxer knocked out Paul in the sixth round of the Friday night (Dec. 19) bout at the Kaseya Center in Miami.

On the music side, it appears the wait for Iceman will continue into 2026. Streamer BenDaDonnn joined Drake at one point and trolled the OVO rapper about the anticipated album. “When the f—k is you dropping the album, ugly a— n—a? Chat, y’all gotta chill,” Ben joked.

Drake quickly squashed Ben’s slick move and accused him of clip farming. “See, he’s clip farming. He’s a clip farmer. Nobody even said that, bro. Nobody said that,” he fired back.

Before hopping off the stream, Drake did offer a quick update on Iceman, as he wanted the OVO faithful to know that he and the team are working heading into 2026. But no release date is confirmed just yet.

“We’re focused. I know what you’re waiting on, so trust me. We’re cheffing,” Drake promised. Look for two more streams from Drizzy on Monday (Dec. 22) and Tuesday night (Dec. 23).

Chris Rea, the British blues rocker best known for his 1978 soft rock hit “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” and the wistful, jazzy holiday hit “Driving Home for Christmas,” has died at 74. The news was announced by the singer/guitarist’s family on his official Instagram page on Monday morning (Dec. 22), where they wrote, “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Chris, who died peacefully earlier today following a short illness. Chris’s music has created the soundtrack to many lives, and his legacy will live on through the songs he leaves behind.”

At press time no additional information was available about when Rea died or the manner of death.

Rea released two dozen albums over his 50-year career, including two that reached No. 1 on the U.K. albums charts — 1989’s The Road to Hell and 1991’s Auberge — and landed one song in the U.S. top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, “Fool (If You Think It’s Over),” which topped out at No. 12 in the summer of 1978.

One of the singer’s other most beloved tracks is a seasonally appropriate one, the melancholy 1986 ballad “Driving Home For Christmas,” about a wintry trip home for the holidays penned while he was actually driving back from Abbey Road Studios in London through snowy traffic while longing to be in the cozy confines of home.

“Driving home for Christmas/ With a thousand memories/ I take look at the driver next to me/ He’s just the same,” Rea sings in his gravelly voice over gentle piano, brushed drums and jazzy guitar.

Born Chris Anton Rea in Middlesbrough, England on March 4, 1951, Rea eschewed a career in his family’s ice cream factory and bought his first guitar when he was in his early 20s, focusing his self-taught bottleneck slide style on his love for early blues players and his singing on inspiration from gospel singers.

After a stint in the local band Magdalene in which he was briefly bumped-up to lead singer, Rea set out on his own and formed the group the Beautiful Losers, before going out on his own and releasing his debut single, “So Much Love,” in 1974. He hit pay dirt a few years later in the all-important U.S. market when “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” charted in America and earned Rea his first, and only, Grammy nomination in 1979 for best new artist, which he lost to disco act A Taste of Honey (“Boogie Oogie Oogie”) in a tight competition that also included Elvis Costello, The Cars and Toto.

The song was included on Rea’s 1978 debut album, Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?, which topped out at No. 49 on the Billboard 200 album chart, with the title track hitting No. 71 on the Hot 100. He followed up with Deltics in 1979 and Tennis in 1980, neither of which made much of a dent on the U.K. or U.S. charts.

He finally broke through on 1987’s Dancing With Strangers, which spawned his first top 20 U.K. single, the jumpy blues pop number “Let’s Dance,” which reached No. 12 in England and No. 81 on the Hot 100. He was back on the U.S. charts the next year with what would be his final U.S.-charting song, the chugging ZZ Top-like rocker “Working On It,” which ran up to No. 73 on the Hot 100 in early 1989.

His seasonal classic, originally recorded in 1986, was featured on his 1988 compilation, New Light Through Old Windows, and in the years since it has become an annual favorite, often ending the year as one of the top 10 Christmas singles on the U.K. charts. While he never toured the U.S., Rea was a solid draw in his native country, as well as in Australia and Japan and he earned his first No. 1 album in the U.K. in 1989 with his best-selling album, The Road to Hell.

As proof of his rising popularity, Rea performed guitar on the 1989 Band Aid II charity single re-recording “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” alongside Bananarama, Kylie Minogue, Cliff Richard, Lisa Stansfield and Wet Wet Wet, among others. He scored another U.K. No. 1 with his next album, 1991’s Auberge, and continued to release new LPs throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, taking a break in 2001, when he had his pancreas removed along with parts of his stomach and small intestine, followed by a stroke in 2016.

Rea released his 24th album, Road Songs For Lovers, in 2017 and embarked on a tour that was cut short when he collapsed on stage during a U.K. show, which resulted in the cancellation of the final shows on the outing. His 25th and final album, 2019’s limited-edition One Fine Day, revived songs he’d recorded nearly 30 years earlier but which had never been released together before.

The guitarist/singer was also a racing enthusiast, who participated in the 1993 British Touring Car Championship, collected and restored classic racing cars and recorded the sweeping, emotional ballad “Saudade” in a tribute to three-time Formula One racing champ Ayrton Senna for the BBC’s 1995 documentary about the beloved Brazilian driver’s life and tragic death on the course at the San Marino Grand Prix.

Check out some of Rea’s hits below.