Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas TreeTops Billboard Hot 100 After 65 Years
Mariah Carey sends congratulatory flowers to Lee, who becomes the oldest woman to top the chart.
- Brenda Lee's 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' has hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, 65 years after its release.
- Mariah Carey, whose own holiday hit 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' has topped the charts for the past four years, sent Lee congratulatory flowers.
- Lee, at 78, is now the oldest woman to top the Hot 100, surpassing previous record-holders Cher and Carey.
- 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' is Lee's third No. 1 hit in her career, with her first being her 1960 single 'I’m Sorry'.
- Lee was just 13 years old when she recorded the hit, which has since become a holiday mainstay.
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