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It didn\u2019t take long for Mariah Carey<\/strong><\/a> to come up with the Christmas classic \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You,\u201d<\/a> but it\u2019s the song that keeps on giving year after year. Since its release in 1994, \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d has continued to top the charts during the holiday season.\n<\/p>\n The holiday bop has generated around $80 million overall for Mariah in royalties<\/a>, according to Celebrity Net Worth<\/em><\/a>. The site added that on the \u201clow end,\u201d the song earns the mom of two approximately $600,000 but during a good year, that total could reach up to $1.2 million.<\/p>\n Mariah has opened up about \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d in the past, and she\u2019s given fans some behind-the-scenes thoughts on what she hoped to create.<\/p>\n \u201cI was working on it by myself \u2026 on this little Casio keyboard and writing down words and thinking about, \u2018What do I think of at Christmas? What do I love? What do I want? What do I dream of?’\u201d Mariah told ABC News\u2019<\/a> Juju Chang<\/strong> in November 2023. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what started it. My goal was to do something timeless, so it didn\u2019t feel like the \u201990s, which is when I wrote it.\u201d<\/p>\n Over the years, rumors have circulated that Mariah whipped up \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d in a mind-boggling 15 minutes, but the \u201cFantasy\u201d artist said that wasn\u2019t exactly the case. The song came together after she had an idea in mind and then got together with her then-writing partner, Walter Afanasieff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe did take some time doing the record, because if you listen to all those background vocals and all that stuff, you can\u2019t do it in five minutes,\u201d the Glitter<\/em> star told Parade<\/em><\/a> in 2021. \u201cIt\u2019s literally impossible unless you have three choirs. So, no, it wasn\u2019t five minutes to get the whole record done. But it was quick considering I\u2019ve taken longer on songs.\u201d<\/p>\n While the lack of the aforementioned choirs posed a problem, Mariah came up with a way to achieve the sound without the help of anyone else\u2019s vocals.<\/p>\n \u201cI did some stacks of myself on that one because it was inspired by Phil Spector\u2019s Wall of Sound<\/em> formula, where you\u2019ll hear backup singers, but a lot of time it was Ronnie Spector<\/strong>,\u201d Mariah told the outlet at the time. \u201cI felt he had an effect. I don\u2019t want to speak out of turn about this but that\u2019s kind of a hot topic anyway to discuss. I feel like it was a lot of her doubling her, and that was new in that era. So, for me, I did a lot of those. I wouldn\u2019t do it probably today in terms of those loud doubles, but it makes the song what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n There\u2019s a reason \u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d floods the airwaves and streaming plays in December every year. The song is one of Mariah\u2019s most popular tunes<\/a> and it holds a number of different records.<\/p>\n In 2019, it broke the record for most-streamed song by a female artist in 24 hours on Spotify. That same year, it broke the Guinness World Records of Highest-Charting Holiday (Christmas\/New Year) Song On The Hot 100 By A Solo Artist, as well as Most Weeks In The UK Singles Top 10 Chart For A Christmas Song.<\/p>\n Two years later, it became the one and only Christmas song to earn RIAA\u2019s Diamond Award. The award recognizes ten million sales and streaming units in the United States.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHow Much Has Mariah Carey Earned From \u2018All I Want for Christmas Is You\u2019?<\/h2>\n
Mariah Carey Had a Vision for \u2018All I Want for Christmas Is You\u2019<\/h2>\n
What Records Has Mariah Carey\u2019s \u2018All I Want for Christmas Is You\u2019 Broken?<\/h2>\n