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Hello, my lovelies!! It's December already! Time is flying fast!! Hopefully, your Thanksgiving was great and you ate plenty of food. I hope you have enough space for Christmas dinner though because it's coming. Speaking of Christmas, the holiday wouldn't be complete without some Mariah Carey especially the song, All I want for Christmas. You heard this song on the radio, in the malls, iTunes, it's everywhere. You can't deny the power of this song even if it annoyed the hell out of you while doing Christmas shopping. The song is part of a Christmas CD collection called Merry Christmas, which includes O Holy Night and Joy to the World, among others.
The album first came out on November 1st, 1994, with Columbia Records and its songs, were written by Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff. She also added some gospel elements to some songs especially O Holy Night and also maintaining the pop elements to the classics such as Santa Claus is Coming to Town.
Naturally, there were mixed views. Some might think it's too cheezy and risky for someone like Carey, who already had three successful albums under her belt. But you gotta take risks and in her case, it paid off. In its first release, the album debuted at number 30 on the US Billboard 200 with 45,000 copies sold. By the sixth week, the album amassed 1,859000 copies sold and it was one of the best selling albums of all time, even reaching six-time platinum status on October 1, 2019! It's more popular around the world, where the album has sold 15 million copies worldwide to this day! It even has a ringtone (Wikipedia)! Marey Carey is making that dough!
Christmas wouldn't be complete without the album and it goes to show, taking calculated risks can pay off, no matter how long it takes, you just have to have faith in yourself and faith in God, if you're religious. So enjoy the song even if it drives you crazy while you enter the battlefield of Christmas shopping. Can't deny that it makes you feel good though! Happy holidays everyone.
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