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‘Amazing gift’ for Mariah Carey

Allan Policarpio (Inquirer.net/Asia News Network)
Mon, December 25, 2017 Published on Dec. 25, 2017 Published on 2017-12-25T12:55:09+07:00

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This file photo taken on December 31, 2016 shows Mariah Carey performing during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York. This file photo taken on December 31, 2016 shows Mariah Carey performing during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York. (AFP/Angela Weiss)

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wenty-three years after it was released, Mariah Carey’s ubiquitous holiday classic, “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” has finally cracked the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 10, placing ninth last week.

The pop star, who cowrote and coproduced the song, described the recent feat as an “amazing Christmas gift.”

“As a songwriter. I feel so honored to have this song reach the Top 10 for the first time. I honestly never thought we would be talking about this happening,” she told Billboard. “But I’m so thankful to everyone who embraces this song as part of their holiday tradition.”

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“All I Want” is Mariah’s 28th Top 10 entry, joining Stevie Wonder in the fifth place of Billboard’s list of artists with the most Top 10 hits. She also holds the record for being the female artist with most No. 1 singles with 18.

“It truly warms my heart, and I am proud of this song that I wrote basically as a kid on my little Casio keyboard,” Mariah said of the song, which has reportedly amassed about $50 million in royalties since 1994.


This article appeared on the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper website, which is a member of Asia News Network and a media partner of The Jakarta Post
 

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