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Mariah Carey song from 1994 breaks music streaming record: “All I Want For Christmas Is You” was streamed nearly 11 million times on December 24th, 2018

Posted by Algernon_Asimov
Tags: streaming, mariah carey, musicians, songs, christmas, records, 1990s, paywall
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mariah-carey-song-from-1994-breaks-music-streaming-record-772688/

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Mariah Carey Song From 1994 Breaks Music Streaming Record

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    Can't help but feel like some of that is just because it's been shared in memes so much the past few years.

    Can't help but feel like some of that is just because it's been shared in memes so much the past few years.

    1. Algernon_Asimov
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      I'm not so sure. Some Christmas songs are just break-out super-hits. There are plenty of new Christmas songs written every year (look here and here for some examples). Most of them just come and...

      I'm not so sure. Some Christmas songs are just break-out super-hits.

      There are plenty of new Christmas songs written every year (look here and here for some examples). Most of them just come and go without much fuss. But, some of them break out of the crowd and become hits - and get covered by every artist who wants to do a Christmas album!

      And then, every now and then, there seems to be a breakout Christmas super-hit.

      • 1950s: Santa, baby

      • 1960s: It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

      • 1970s: Happy Xmas (War is Over)

      • 1980s: Last Christmas

      • 1990s: All I Want For Christmas Is You

      • 2000s: (possibly too early to tell?)

      I've been hearing Mariah Carey, and various covers of 'All I Want For Christmas Is You', on high rotation every year for the past 25 years. This isn't a new phenomenon.

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