As part of her Christmas tour, Mariah Carey gave a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York on December 16. The diva, who performs her greatest songs from Nöël on stages around the world for 5 years, once again thrilled his fans.
After the singer’s show, thousands of spectators left the scene and many took the metro to return home. Still euphoric and stars in their eyes, fans of Mariah Carey, face to face on the subway platforms, intoned “All I want for Christmas is you”. This title having become a real Christmas hymn, it did not take more for all those present to participate in the improvised concert and form a clumsily touching choir.
“All I Want for Christmas Is You“is number one, 25 years later
This cult track by Mariah Carey rose to the top of US singles sales for the first time on Monday, almost 25 years to the day after its release.
The song was originally released on November 1, 1994 along with the Christmas album “Christmas“, but had not been the subject of a separate single release and therefore could not return, at the time, in the ranking. Already popular during the 90s and 2000s, the title received a boost thanks to its inclusion in the soundtrack of the film “Love Actually” (2003) but especially with the emergence of streaming.
On Monday, he thus appeared in third position in the world ranking established by the platform. Spotify, and in first place in the United Kingdom. “All I Want for Christmas Is You“has, moreover, benefited this year from a new promotional campaign, with a release of the album”Christmas“and a new video. This little movie used shots shot during the production of the original clip, but never seen since.
The arrival of Christmas, a tour of Mariah Carey in the United States and her skilful use of social networks did the rest, propelling the song to the top of the ranking established by Billboard, the singer’s first number one for over 11 years. Although the United States has a long tradition of Christmas albums, this is only the second time in the history of the Billboard, which publishes a charts since 1940, that a Christmas song reaches the first place, 61 years after “The Chipmunk Song “of Chipmunks.
With 19 titles ranked number one in sales in the United States since the start of her career, Mariah Carey is now only one length behind the Beatles, recordmen in the field. (20). “We did it”, a tweeted the diva, who always refused to give her year of birth (she would be 49 or 50), almost 30 years after his first issue one, “Vision of Love” (August 4, 1990).
“Before, I criticized her every time I heard it, but at this point, I feel that I am finally able to appreciate it”, reacted Mariah Carey to the New York Times about her song co-written with composer Walter Afanasieff. “I just love parties,” she added. “I know it’s stupid, but I don’t care.“
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