Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You

“All I Want For Christmas Is You” was co-written and co-produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, who started off as Whitney Houston’s arranger and has co-produced and co-written many of Carey’s hits, including “One Sweet Day” and “Hero.”
“All I Want For Christmas Is You” was not released as a commercial single, serving instead to drive sales of Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas album. On airplay, the song made #12 US in 1994 when it was first issued to radio stations as a promotional single. It returned to the Airplay chart at #35 each of the next two years, establishing a place on holiday playlists. By 1999, the Hot 100 no longer stipulated that a song had to be sold as a single to be eligible, and with airplay now a factor, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” made the chart at #83.

In 2010, the song found a new audience when a version by Big Time Rush (as “All I Want For Christmas”) made #124. In 2011, it nicked the charts with recordings by Justin Bieber & Mariah (#86), Michael Bublé (#99), and the Glee Cast (#118). At this point, Justin Bieber’s “Mistletoe,” which reached #11 in 2011, was the highest charting modern Christmas song.

In 2012, Mariah’s original rendition once again charted, this time peaking at #25. Every year, the song returned to the Hot 100; it cracked the Top 10 for the first time in 2017 when it hit #9. The Christmas of 2018, it climbed to #3. Finally, 25 years after the song was first heard, it hit #1 in 2019.

The music video, shot to look like a home movie, shows Carey cavorting with Santa in the snow. It was directed by Diane Martel, who also did Carey’s “Dreamlover” video and later directed the Robin Thicke video for “Blurred Lines.”

Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You (Unreleased Video Footage)

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9 Decembrie 2019. Mariah Carey, Regina Crăciunului sărbătorește a 25-a aniversare a albumului său emblematic Merry Christmas anul acesta, lansând o ediție Deluxe de “2-CD Deluxe Anniversary” pentru fani, album disponibil acum. Noua ediție de lux include albumul inițial, plus un disc bonus cu piese live inedite, anterior din Concertul St. John The Divine Benefit al lui Mariah din 1994, remixuri rare, o redare nouă, festivă a Sugar Plum Fairy și piese de sezon suplimentare.

Acest video, și albumul aniversar au fost lansate la 1 Noiembrie 2019.

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