Here's why "All I Want for Christmas Is You," which reemerges on the charts each holiday season, is on track to become the most successful song ever released.

Carey, 55, earned an incredible $60 million in royalties when the song was first released, Forbes reported, and she now rakes in an estimated $2.5 million to $3 million annually for the hit, which is featured on Merry Christmas, her fourth studio album.

Mariah Carey's 1994 hit 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' topped Billboard's Hot 100 chart for a 17th week and spent 21 weeks atop its Streaming Songs chart.

Mariah Carey remains on top! The singer recently acheived an amazing Billboard accolade - and she could claim another in a few weeks.

It's been 30 years since Mariah Carey's smash Christmas hit was released. Astrologer Lisa Stardust details the hit song's Saturn Return.

Mariah Carey has insisted she never predicted All I Want for Christmas Is You would be a hit. Co-written and produced by Mariah and Walter Afanasieff, the track was originally included on her 1994 holiday album,

American singer, songwriter and record producer Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1969 in New York, United States. She is known as an uncontested Queen of Christmis. Once again, a unique streaming record with the legendary holiday hymn ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ has been settled by her.

When you think of the "King of Christmas," it's probable that you picture musicians like Frank Sinatra or Michael Bublé, who have both released dozens of holiday tunes. But when you hear the phrase "Queen of Christmas,