It’s not even December, and the Christmas decorations are up, and the music is playing. There’s nothing like the crisp, cool weather and hearing our favorite holiday tunes. Some songs are much more popular than others, and you might already have your fill of a few by now. But the Queen of Christmas, Mariah Carey, is laughing all the way to the bank.
Her 1994 hit, All I Want for Christmas, remains in heavy rotation year after year. Because it’s been so popular, Mariah continues to bring in huge royalties. And honestly, the numbers will probably shock you. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mariah Carey (@mariahcarey) “All I Want for Christmas” is the Most-Played Christmas Song on Spotify That probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise.
All I Want for Christmas is everywhere during the holidays. The Independent reported that, according to Forbes and The Economist, the song has been earning Mariah between $2.5 and $3 million per year. And since its release in 1994, it has brought her between $65 and $75 million.
That’s truly incredible and speaks to how beloved her song truly is. Mariah shared the story of All I Want for Christmas in a 2023 interview with ABC News. “I was working on it by myself … on this little Casio keyboard and writing down words and thinking about, ‘What do I think of at Christmas? What do I love?
What do I want? What do I dream of?'” Mariah said. “And that’s what started it.” Mariah Carey explained that she was mindful of the era when writing All I Want for Christmas. She didn’t want the song to sound stuck in time.
“My goal was to do something timeless, so it didn’t feel like the ’90s, which is when I wrote it,” she said. Mission accomplished. Whether you love it or hate it, there’s no denying Mariah Carey wrote a hit, and it’s just not Christmas without it. This story’s featured image is by NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images.
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