Mariah Carey’s Christmas millions, revealed: ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ still tops music charts 28 years after its release with over a billion Spotify streams … so how much does it add to her net worth?
- Mariah Carey originally released her hit ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ in October 1994 on her Merry Christmas album; she earns around US$3.3 million to US$4.3 million from streams on Spotify alone
- The ‘Queen of Christmas’ recently released a new book The Holiday Princess and will be touring around North America during the festive season, performing festive favourites
But just how much has Mimi made from her chart-topping hit? Here’s everything you need to know.
Breaking records
Recorded in August 1994 at The Hit Factory in New York, the track was originally released in October 1994 as the first single from Carey’s Merry Christmas album, per Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It was a showcase of the singer’s interpretations of well-known holiday songs and new material she had composed with co-writer Walter Afanasieff. The song immediately became a bestselling single and, according to the RIAA, it remains one of the bestselling singles of any genre of all time. It is also the bestselling holiday ringtone in the US.
Award-winning artist
In 2021, the song became the first and only holiday single to ever win the RIAA’s coveted Diamond Award – a recognition which is given out after a total of US$10 million in sales and streaming in the US.
Billboard also named Carey’s track as the No 1 record on their “Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs”. Last year, after winning the RIAA Diamond Award, she said, “It blows my mind that ‘All I want for Christmas is You’ has endured different eras of the music industry.”