Mariah Carey’s holiday classic ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ has topped the Billboard Hot 100—making this its 15th total week at no.1.
The Christmas anthem was released in 1994, and it’s proving more popular than ever. It first reached the Billboard Hot 100 in 2017, and then topped the charts in 2019. It is estimated that Carey earned US$60 million in royalties during the song’s initial release, and makes roughly $3 million more each year in annual royalties.
So, 30 years on, Mariah Carey is still the reigning Christmas queen—but how did she get there? Click through this gallery to discover the story behind the holiday hit.