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There is no modern Christmas song more popular thanPop icon Mariah Carey "All I want for Christmas is you." And Carey - without mentioning his bank account - knows this very well. Even if it was released in 1994, the song continues to go beyond the charts in December, bringing the listeners of the joy of the holidays while Carey continues to ratify it from massive success. But how much Mariah Carey does every Christmas season from royalties?

It turns out that this number increases. In 2021, NBC Newsanalyzed song data And found that it does not become more and more popular. For example, in 2005, the song no longer had an audience at the average at the end of November and December. In recent years, the popularity of the song has extended beyond: in 2020, there have been listening days above average in October, all November, all months of December and in January 2021.

Read the rest to discover the lasting popularity of the song and how much Carey is.

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"Everything I want for Christmas is you" was a single of the Carey holiday album in 1994Merry Christmas. The song was written very quickly - as little as 15 minutes. Asked about this in a 2019 interview with Yahoo!,Carey said, "I don't know it was exactly 15 minutes, but it was pretty fast."

Carey co-scriptwriter,Walter Afanasieff, said toNew York Post that because becauseThe song was written so quickly, "It's certainly not" Swan Lake ". But that's why it's so popular - because it's so simple and pleasant!"

While "everything I want for Christmas is you" was popular during his first outing, he has reached new heights in recent years. When it was released for the first time, the song culminated at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 graph. But thanks to the rise of streaming and the growing popularity of song, in 2019,He finally struck No. 1 On the graph.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

The track then reached No. 1 in 2020 and 2021 - and it does not show any signs of slowdown.

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There is no way to know exactly what Carey does "everything I want for Christmas is you" every year, but we can make estimates according to the figures we have.

According to a 2017 report fromThe Economist, the songmore than $ 60 million in fees Since its release. Of course, it was five years ago, streaming became more popular, and the song is now reached in n ° 1 three times - so this dollar amount would be much higher in 2022.

Regarding streaming royalties in particular, wide -band offers have created a game payment table which shows how some songs have done on Spotify. According to the site,Carey's song did More than $ 2 million on Spotify on more than 500 million flows. The song has now been broadcastmore than a billion times On the platform, which would represent more than $ 4 million Spotify alone.

Of course, no matter how much the song is gaining royalties, Carey herself does not pocket everything. But since the song is in difficulty on several platforms and is also bought, played on its tours, andPart of his merchandise, he reports millions of dollars a year, almost three decades after his initial release.

She may have refused the right toTrademark "Christmas queen" " But Carey is always up to the title and celebrates the resurgence of his Christmas song each year.

Announcing the return of the holiday season this year,She posted a video of herself On November 1, driving an exercise bike in a witch costume that suddenly changed for her wearing a Santa Claus costume sitting on a reindeer. She sings, "It's time!" Like "everything I want for Christmas is you" start to play.

When the song reached No. 1 for the third consecutive year in 2021, Carey said in a vocal note on Twitter , "This type of news is never like:" Oh my God, I am so much bored of this news. "To have another hot 100 Billboard with a song that means so much for me, I can't even. I can't. I don't know what to say."