Mariah Carey Reached Number One Thanks to TikTok, Soulja Boy, and The Rock

A YouTuber is the U.K. Christmas number one and Carey climbed the charts in the U.S. due to TikTok, YouTube and Spotify streams

Chris Stokel-Walker
FFWD
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5 min readDec 23, 2019

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Image: Mariah Carey/VEVO via YouTube

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and we think we can take a guess at the kind of music you’ll be listening to, whether…

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Chris Stokel-Walker
FFWD
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