Mariah Carey‘s kids proved to be her biggest fans when celebrating how her holiday hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, 30 years after it was released.
The Grammy winner, 55, shared a heartwarming Instagram video on Tuesday, December 10, while on tour. “Make some noise for the Queen of Christmas,” a man told the cheering crowd after revealing the iconic holiday tune’s feat.
Mariah’s twins, daughter Monroe and son Moroccan, came on stage with bouquets of red, white and green flowers as they gave the “Emotions” singer big hugs. The Long Island, New York, native is currently in the middle of her Mariah Carey’s Christmas Time Live arena tour.
Roe, 13, was nearly as tall as her mom and wore a white shirt with the red No. 25 on it, along with a matching white miniskirt. Roc, 13, donned a red jersey with the same numeral, along with a pair of jeans.
“Thank you! Wow, that was a perfect moment to find that out. It’s on the Hot 100? Well, thank you to everyone who helped make that possible,” Mariah gushed while wearing a figure-hugging red sequin mini dress with silver snowflake accents.
Mimi raved about her achievement in the caption, writing, “Last night on stage in Raleigh, North Carolina, I found out that All I Want For Christmas Is You returned to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. I couldn’t have dreamed of a better time or place to celebrate the news than on stage with my amazing fans, my kids and my #Christmastime tour family. I love you and am so grateful to you all.”
Billboard shared an Instagram post on Monday, December 9, showing the “Dreamlover” songstress’ achievement for the week of December 14. It showed her at No. 1, with two other holiday classics — Brenda Lee‘s “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” and George Michael’s “Last Christmas” — in the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. Kendrick Lamar had three hits in the top 10, while several other holiday classics were further down the list.
Mariah released “All I Want for Christmas Is You” on October 29, 1994. It has since become the best-selling holiday song in the United States and sold a whopping 16 million copies globally. It also put Mimi atop the Hot 100 in 2019, making it her first No. 1 hit in 10 years.
The tune has made Mimi a very rich woman, on top of her massive success outside of Christmastime.
Mariah was just 24 years old when she penned the tune alongside collaborator Walter Afanasieff, as her then-husband and Sony Record CEO Tommy Mottola wanted his wife to put out a Christmas album. The original song joined a selection of holiday covers on Mariah’s 1994 album Merry Christmas.
The breakaway success of the single has brought in $80 million in royalties since its release, which goes to Mariah and Walter since they wrote the song and own the publishing rights.
Finance Monthly reported on December 5 that Mimi makes at least $600,000 in royalties annually from “All I Want for Christmas Is You” every December, although the number can go as high as $1.2 million.
