Composing a Christmas song in 15 minutes, the female singer earned… 100 million USD

After the great success of “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, Mariah Carey is considered the “Queen of Christmas” singer.

Spending 15 minutes composing, Mariah Carey created the biggest hit of the Christmas season

Every Christmas, the song All I Want For Christmas Is You tops the music charts in several countries. Many news outlets estimate that Mariah Carey has earned nearly 100 million USD from this hit song.

This song continuously plays in restaurants, stores, and shopping centers. Radio stations continuously play this song. Advertisements also continuously use the melody of All I Want For Christmas Is You during the Christmas holiday.

This is considered the top successful Christmas song in the international music industry. What’s surprising is that it only took Mariah Carey 15 minutes to write the song, which is estimated to have earned her nearly $100 million in royalties. Mariah Carey co-wrote this song with musician Walter Afanasieff.

Musician Walter once shared: “The reason why this song is so popular in popular culture around the world is because the song is very simple, gentle and close. Mariah and I wrote the melody. basic melody, then some simple lyrics in just 15 minutes. We quickly completed the basic composition. In fact, this is a song that I found to be very easy to write.”

Every Christmas season, “All I Want For Christmas Is You” resounds (Photo: New York Post).

After writing the basic melody and lyrics, Mariah Carey and songwriter Walter Afanasieff added some unique hooks that are rarely heard in other Christmas songs. This is what makes All I Want For Christmas Is You so special and unique to listeners from year to year. To find the right hooks, Mariah and musician Walter took another hour.

About two weeks later, the two met again to “finish” the entire song. Thus, the composing process basically only takes 15 minutes, and the total time spent “polishing” the song is only about a few hours. From there, a worldwide hit Christmas song was born in 1994.

Every Christmas season, All I Want For Christmas Is You resounds and continues to top music charts in many countries. The appeal of the song is still very strong.

Since 1994, when Mariah Carey released the single All I Want For Christmas Is You , until today, no Christmas song has been able to surpass the success that this song has achieved.

Mariah Carey’s singing and songwriting talent

Until now, people still mainly know Mariah Carey as a singer, but in fact, she is also a talented musician (Photo: New York Post).

There are many factors that contributed to the success of All I Want For Christmas Is You , the most obvious being Mariah Carey’s impressive voice.

Mariah Carey and musician Walter Afanasieff wrote this song. Before the song’s success, musician Walter Afanasieff himself had to admit that he was very surprised: “When we composed this song, it did not follow traditional Christmas music tastes or contemporary music trends.” time.

At first I was a little skeptical, because it sounded like someone who was working hard to practice her voice with “towering” pitches, I had to ask her again if she was sure this was what she wanted to express or not. “.

Carey affirmed that she wanted to keep that “strange” melody, it was this choice that brought the song’s enduring success because of its uniqueness.

Besides, All I Want for Christmas Is You also has simplicity and rusticity in the lyrics. Although there are spectacular high ranges, the song’s melody is basically close, easy to remember, easy to memorize, not too fussy or complicated.

Until now, people still mainly know Mariah Carey as a singer, but in fact, she is also a talented musician, most of her hits were composed by her with musicians. All I Want for Christmas Is You is a testament.

The song All I Want for Christmas Is You was used in the famous movie associated with the Christmas season – Love, Actually (Love, Actually – 2003). The song appears at the opening and ending of the film. The song and the movie have supported each other in maintaining their appeal over the years.

Mariah Carey: Queen of Christmas

Mariah Carey loves the Christmas season (Photo: New York Post).

After the great success of All I Want For Christmas Is You , Mariah Carey is considered the “queen of Christmas” singer.

Musician Walter Afanasieff recalls: “Twenty years ago, Christmas music was not a category that many artists paid attention to like it is now. At that time, not many artists were interested in releasing musical products to celebrate their success. celebrate the Christmas season, because people really do not know the long-term economic benefits that come from this music segment.”

Meanwhile, Mariah Carey loves the Christmas season so much, she really wanted to compose a song for the year-end festival. Many times in interviews, Carey shared that this song was written by her with her love for the Christmas holiday.

Huge economic benefits come from the song All I Want for Christmas Is You

After the great success of All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey is considered the “Queen of Christmas” singer (Photo: New York Post).

According to many business and financial news, it is estimated that each year Mariah Carey earns nearly 3 million USD in royalties from the song All I Want for Christmas Is You . Nearly 30 years have passed since the song was released, Mariah is believed to have earned nearly $100 million from this hit and will continue to steadily profit every year from All I Want for Christmas Is You .