The thirtieth Christmas in a row that we have this song in our heads. Whatever happens. “All I Want For Christmas” became a global hit during the Christmas holidays. Impossible to part with it. To the delight of the diva's bank account.
The 55-year-old American singer surfs on this song and performs concerts during the holidays. The album sold 5 million copies by the winter of 1994.
And since then, several experts have tried to estimate the revenue generated by such success. Several million dollars in royalties each year, that's for sure.
With the advent of streaming, the proliferation of concerts and ever crazier capitalism around the Christmas holidays, on average, for 30 years, after writing this title with Walter Afanasieff and producing this track, Mariah Carey would generate around 2 to 3 million dollars. For her!
The income estimated by “All I Want For Christmas“, for which it shares the rights with Sony, are more than 8.5 million dollars per year. About $255 million over 30 years. And it's not about to stop.
