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December 30, 2024 JMG Community, Open Thread

Billboard Magazine reports:

Mariah Carey‘s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” crowns the Billboard Hot 100 for an 18th total week. The carol, which leads for a fourth consecutive week this holiday season, moves to within one week of the longest domination in the chart’s 66-year history, after only the 19-week rules of Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” this year and Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road,” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, in 2019.

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” was originally released on Carey’s album Merry Christmas in November 1994 and, as streaming has grown and holiday music has become more prominent on streaming services’ playlists, it hit the Hot 100’s top 10 for the first time in December 2017, and the top five for the first time in the 2018 holiday season. In a historic first, the Hot 100’s top 10 consists entirely of holiday hits.

CNBC reports:

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, which specializes in music industry law, estimates the hit generates $3.4 million a year. Over its 30-year existence, the song has made about $103 million in earnings, the law firm estimates.

The projections include global streaming and non-streaming revenue sources, according to Manatt, which created Billboard’s royalty calculator.

The song’s 2 billion global Spotify streams alone earned $9.8 million in royalties, according to the calculator. But Carey only gets a portion of those earnings. Money flows to many contributors, like writers, performers, producers, sound mixers and record labels.

The full chart is at the first link.



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