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If you listen closely, you can hear Mariah Carey belting, “It’s timeeeee,” marking the official start of the Christmas season. The musical icon became the queen of the holiday season when she released her hit song, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” 30 years ago. Since then, the song has sold 16 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles ever.
In honor of the song’s 30th anniversary and the upcoming holiday season, Madame Tussauds created the “Seasons of New York” exhibit at the museum’s Times Square location, featuring Mrs. Christmas herself, Mariah Carey.
In a video posted to Madam Tussauds’s Instagram page, Carey and them babies walk through the museum, admiring the life-size wax figure that looks exactly like the singer.
In the video, Carey details of her twin wax figure. ” We wanted to make an “All I Want For Christmas” all year round experience,” she explains.
Madame Tussauds is known for crafting many wax figures, and they usually miss the mark. This time around, the museum captured the essence of the 55-year-old songbird, down to her beauty mole. The wax figure wore a red Marilyn Monroe-inspired dress with matching open-toe sandals.
Fun facts about Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas”
The timeless song has broken many records in the 30 years since its release, allowing the award-winning singer to capitalize off the hit during the holiday season. Here are some fun facts about the song and it’s success:
- “All I Want For Christmas” is one of the best-selling digital singles ever, with 16 million copies sold worldwide.
- In 2023, the Associated Press estimated the song’s royalty earnings to be a whopping 100 million dollars.
- “All I Want for Christmas” has reached number 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the past 4 years in a row.
- The song is also the most streamed holiday song of all time.
- According to the New York Post, Mariah Carey earns 1 cent every time the song is played.
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