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 new “Queen of Christmas.”
Toward the beginning of the podcast episode posted Wednesday (Nov. 13), the Kansas City Chiefs tight end 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 holiday classic by one spot. The track — a Ron Sexsmith cover 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 began. “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 process he recently shared with fans on Instagram via 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 brought the elder Kelce back down to earth. “Well, don’t give yourself too much credit,” he said as Jason laughed. “It’s Stevie Nicks.”
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Even so, “All I Want for Christmas” is indeed one of the most successful 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 best Christmas songs list and the Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs listing.
Arriving Nov. 22, A Philly Special Christmas Party will mark the third benefit album from The Philly Specials, which is comprised of Jason and Eagles offensive tackles Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata. Last year’s A Philly Special Christmas Special raised more than $3 million for charity.
This year, proceeds from the vinyl sales of A Philly Special Christmas Party will go toward the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center’s Holiday Toy Drive, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Snowflake Station and 87 and Running Foundation, as well as a few other organizations based in Philly.
Watch Jason and Travis talk about the former’s new title above.