From 1994, when "All I Want For Christmas" was released until today, the American singer has built a huge fortune thanks to this piece
Every year at such a time Mariah Carey has her honor. Millions of homes and shops around the world are decorating their Christmas trees and listening to her most famous song. All I Want For Christmas.
Some may not remember it, but this particular piece was released 27 years ago (in the distant 1994) with the then 25-year-old Maria launching her fame, but also her fortune. Speaking of money, have you ever wondered how much a New York singer can earn each year from this song alone?
According to an Economist article, by December 2019, Mariah Carey had put in her bank accounts, just over 50.000.000 euros (53 million to be exact) thanks to All I Want For Christmas.
If we now divide this amount by the release years of the song, we get an amount just over 2.000.000 euros, which is added to the singer's account every year, without doing anything at all.
Or about 176.000 euros per month. Not bad, right? It's worth noting that the first official clip of All I Want For Christmas on Youtube has more than 709 million views, while the remake of the song that Maria did in 2011 with Justin Bieber, counts more than 209 million views.
All this, of course, brings money to the singer, as well as auditions on Spotify, but also the times when the song plays in a movie, TV show or an advertisement. The definition of "how to get rich in less than 4 minutes" . As long as All I Want For Christmas Is You.