Is it even the holiday season if Mariah Carey's ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ isn’t echoing from radios, store speakers, and just about everywhere else?
The Christmas anthem, released in 1994, remains more popular than ever. It first entered the Billboard Hot 100 in 2017 before topping the charts in 2019. Carey reportedly earned more than US$100 million in royalties from its initial release and continues to make about $3 million annually.
More than thirty years on, Mariah Carey is still the undisputed queen of Christmas—but how did she get there? Click through this gallery to uncover the story behind the holiday hit.