We all know the "MC" to be the only Songbird Supreme, Mariah Carey, and her renowned holiday song, "All I Want for Christmas Is You," but recent reports say that in each passing year, the renowned artist beats her record streams for four straight years now. This specific song by Mimi, as the industry called her, has been the anthem of Christmas since it came out, still smashing records on Spotify.
Not only do personal streams or home playlists include this iconic song, but also establishments that blast Holiday tracks help contribute to these overall record achievements.
Christmas Song of Every Year? Mariah Carey Beats Her Previous Spotify Streams
TMZ reported that this 2023 Holiday season is the year of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" again, particularly in the Swedish music streaming app, Spotify, with none other than its singer, Mariah Carey. This was because in this year, Carey has beaten her previous 2022 record, with a new number to boast of this year for this specific track, seeing 23, 701, 697 times played on Christmas Eve.
On last year's Christmas Eve (2022), the song saw a record 21,273,357 streams, and the American pop star also saw record-breaking numbers on Spotify in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Each Holiday season, MC has seen her numbers grow, breaking the one before it.
Almost 30 years since the first release of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" which debuted in 1994, the song has taken its spot as one of the go-to tracks during the holidays, with already 781 million views on YouTube.
'All I Want for Christmas Is You' Record Spotify Streams
On Mimi's Spotify page, the song already reached a total of 1,777,520,006 streams on the platform alone, and this is not yet mentioning her other Christmas-themed tracks which are displaying millions of plays.
However, TMZ mentioned that despite topping Spotify and smashing her records again, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" failed to grasp the cusp of the Billboard Hot 100 for a week, as it was beaten by Brenda Lee's "Christmas."
Mariah Carey's Holiday Significance
MC means Mariah Carey, but it may mean Merry Christmas as well, and these coincidental initials are fitting during the holiday season because of the massive popularity of the singer's Yuletide pop track for years on end. The "real MC" has stepped into the spotlight each Holiday season, with many years being at the top of streaming platforms, including YouTube.
It was also reported before that "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was the most downloaded digital Holiday song ever in 2016, cementing the song as one of the top of its class.
With the song almost 30 years of age, the iconic track has earned Carey a lot, and it is continuing to do so, especially in the future holiday seasons. Each passing year, MC has beaten her Spotify streaming records during Christmas for this specific song, making it one of the top anthems of the Yuletide season, centering on a pop genre take for all ages.
