NEW YORK (AP) — If anything about Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” annoys you, best to avoid shopping malls now. Or the radio. Maybe music altogether, for that matter. Her 1994 carol ...

Even if you don't want a lot for Christmas, chances are you're going to get your fill of Mariah Carey. The octave-slaying singer has become synonymous with the holiday season thanks to her unavoidable ...

For four years in a row, Mariah Carey’s festive anthem All I Want For Christmas Is You has topped Billboard’s Hot 100 chart—and 2023 may be no different. The 1994 Christmas song dominates public and ...

MARIAH CAREY: (Singing) I don't want a lot for Christmas. There is just one thing I need. SUMMERS: That, of course, is Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You." It first came out - can you ...

The song begins with a Christmas-y chime. It's the sound of a celesta — an instrument featured in Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic “The Nutcracker.” Carey’s hit also uses the sleigh bell, which became ...

In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

1. Mariah Carey, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" The quintessential Christmas crush song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 in 2019—25 years after its initial ...

One of Mariah Carey's biggest career highlights gets thawed out each holiday season, overheating her bank account in the process. "I love the holidays," Carey told FOX 5 NY in 1994. "Every time ...

The Queen of Christmas reigns. Mariah Carey's iconic Christmas medley "All I Want for Christmas Is You" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of Dec. 23, 2023. The song had been on the Hot ...

Here's why "All I Want for Christmas Is You," which reemerges on the charts each holiday season, is on track to become the most successful song ever released. By Mesfin Fekadu Christmas may be over, ...