"All I Want for Christmas Is You" tops the 2 million mark
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Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" has just become the first Christmas song to top the 2 million mark in digital sales. It has sold more digital copies than the next two best-selling Christmas hits combined. They are Trans-Siberian Orchestra's 1996 hit "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" (864K) and the Chipmunks' 1958 novelty smash "The Chipmunk Song" (841K, a tally which combines two different versions).
"All I Want For Christmas Is You" has been a holiday perennial since its release in 1994 on Carey's Merry Christmas album. It has also been covered by other artists. It is featured on three albums in this week's top 20: Michael Buble's Christmas, Justin Bieber's Under The Mistletoe and Glee: The Music: The Christmas Album: Volume 2.
Carey has had dozens of hits, but it's entirely possible that 50 years from now, she'll be best known for "All I Want For Christmas Is You." Brenda Lee had a dozen top 10 hits and is best known by today's pop fans for her 1958 recording of "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree." Two of the greatest stars in recording history, Bing Crosby and Nat "King" Cole, are probably most closely identified with their holiday songs, which were first released within four years of each other in the 1940s. Crosby released "White Christmas" in 1942. Cole released "The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)" in 1946 when he was still with the King Cole Trio.
If, decades from now, people know Carey primarily as the woman who recorded "All I Want For Christmas Is You," she'll be fortunate to be remembered for such a joyous and infectious song, one that perfectly captures the excitement of the holiday season.
This is the very song that will immortalize her for decades and decades to come. 