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Mariah Careyhas the world celebrating Christmas as if it were 1994 … his classic song, “All I Want for Christmas is You”, set a record on Spotify.
Their iconic Christmas track on Christmas Eve set the all-time record for the longest single-day stream in Spotify’s history with 17.223 million streams, according to Chart Data, which provides daily music statistics from various sources.
Needless to say … Mariah woke up to the news very happy. She tweeted on Christmas Day and said: “I know people think I’m making” currency “(little secret: artists earn very little from the flows), but the real reason for sitting here in amazement and gratitude is to see The joy of this little song that I wrote brings to people. THANK YOU AND MERRY CHRISTMAS !!! “
The track was a smash hit when she dropped it in 1994 as part of her album “Merry Christmas”. While Mariah said that artists earn very little from streams, one thing is for sure … the track has brought TONS of coins since its release.
In 2017, the song earned Mariah an incredible $ 60 million. That would be about $ 2.6 million a year. It is not clear whether Mariah is carrying the same amount every year … but millions around the world are undoubtedly still playing.
After all, it’s a classic.
If you’re curious … Mariah said that her inspiration for music came from when she was just a child. She said she wrote the beginning and the middle on a keyboard in a little house in Upstate New York … in a room alone.