In a review of the song written for Slate, he says that “All I Want for Christmas” is “the only Christmas song written in the last half-century worthy of inclusion in the Great American Songbook.” The extremely positive reception of her song caused Carey to be crowned the “Queen of Christmas,” a title she retained even as she moved on to other things. Musician and YouTuber Adam Ragusea concurs. The song became ubiquitous to the point radio stations now consider it to be just as quintessentially Christmas as “Frosty the Snowman,” “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer” or - moving closer to Carey’s time - Chris Rea’s “Driving Home For Christmas.” It’s a luxury that singles from other popular musicians, like Train’s “Shake Up Christmas,” do not enjoy. On another level, “All I Want For Christmas” and the feelings it evokes have made a noticeable impact on the way we experience the holiday season. It is arguably the biggest hit in Carey’s career, earning the artist more than $60 million in royalties according to a report in The Economist from 2017. It also topped charts in 26 other countries, ranging from Australia to Germany.Ī 2016 Nielsen report revealed the song performed well on every platform, including radio airplay and streaming services, and having sold more than 16 million copies, “All I want for Christmas” is not only the highest-grossing Christmas single performed by a female artist, but also one of the highest-grossing singles in general. In the U.S., the song has topped charts every year since its release in 1994. Commercially, the single saw both instant and long-term success.
It’s lifespan, on the other hand, would prove to be anything except short-lived. The album’s biggest hit, an up-tempo, pop, soul, and gospel-inspired song titled “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” only took Carey and Afanasieff 15 minutes to compose. No big deal.’” The lifespan and legacy of “All I Want for Christmas” So we were going to release it as kind of an everyday, ‘Hey, you know, we’re putting out a Christmas album. Creating a Christmas album, Afanasieff said in a 2014 interview with Billboard, “wasn’t a known science at all back then, and there was nobody who did new, big Christmas songs. The story goes that the songwriters put their appreciation of Christmas before their fear of failure. Ultimately, it was Carey’s producer and then-husband Tommy Mottola that convinced her to take on the project.
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