Jason Kelce is after Mariah Carey‘s crown. After discovering that his new holiday duet with Stevie Nicks outperformed “All I Want for Christmas Is You” on the iTunes charts this week, the retired Eagles center joked with brother Travis Kelce on New Heights that he’s the brand new “Queen of Christmas.”
Toward the start of the podcast episode posted Wednesday (Nov. 13), the Kansas City Chiefs tight finish congratulated his older sibling for having “dethroned” the Songbird Supreme with “Maybe This Christmas,” which debuts at No. 1 on the iTunes Top Christmas Songs 2024 chart and bests Carey’s bestselling vacation basic by one spot. The monitor — a Ron Sexsmith cowl Jason recorded with the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman for The Philly Specials’ upcoming charity Christmas album — dropped Nov. 8.
“[Carey’s] song is as good as it gets when it comes to Christmas music,” Travis started. “Jason, how does it feel to officially be the Queen of Christmas?”
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“You know, I’ve fought my whole life to be the Queen of Christmas,” Jason jokingly replied. “The fact that we’re finally there is just really special.”
The Monday Night Countdown host went on to gush, “It was incredible to work with Stevie Nicks” — a course of he just lately shared with followers on Instagram through a behind-the-scenes video from the unlikely duo’s recording session. “I’m just still in awe that that actually happened,” he added. “This is really really cool. There is no percent chance any song that I’m in should be streaming No. 1 on any service in any genre.”
In response, Travis teasingly introduced the elder Kelce again all the way down to earth. “Well, don’t give yourself too much credit,” he stated as Jason laughed. “It’s Stevie Nicks.”
Even so, “All I Want for Christmas” is certainly some of the profitable festive tunes of all time. It’s spent a collective 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and ranks at No. 1 atop Billboard‘s greatest Christmas songs listing and the Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs itemizing.
Arriving Nov. 22, A Philly Special Christmas Party will mark the third profit album from The Philly Specials, which is comprised of Jason and Eagles offensive tackles Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata. Last 12 months’s A Philly Special Christmas Special raised greater than $3 million for charity.
This 12 months, proceeds from the vinyl gross sales of A Philly Special Christmas Party will go towards the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center’s Holiday Toy Drive, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Snowflake Station and 87 and Running Foundation, in addition to a couple of different organizations based mostly in Philly.
Watch Jason and Travis speak in regards to the former’s new title above.
