Mariah Carey continues to profit from her holiday classic All I Want for Christmas Is You, earning an estimated $3 million annually from royalties. The 1994 hit remains a top fixture on holiday playlists, and Carey's earnings from streaming alone have surpassed $60 million, excluding revenue from album sales, downloads, and licensing.
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Fans on social media have marveled at the song’s ongoing earning power, with one user noting, “She really found the infinite money glitch.” Others praised the song as the ultimate example of passive income.
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” leads the Holiday 100 for its 61st week since the chart’s inception in 2011. The song, now the most popular holiday track of all time, has spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Carey’s 19th No. 1 hit in 2019. In 2023, it set a streaming record with 23.7 million streams on Spotify on Christmas Day and is approaching 2 billion streams.
Carey reflected in 2021 on the song's enduring impact, saying, “I’m so full of gratitude that so many people enjoy it with me every year.”
Carey’s Christmas anthem has proven to be a "gift that keeps on giving" — a steady source of income for the singer while spreading joy to millions every year.
Source: The Express Tribune / Billboard
