{"id":1087925,"date":"2021-12-05T22:13:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T03:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1087925"},"modified":"2021-12-05T22:13:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T03:13:46","slug":"mariah-careys-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-becomes-first-holiday-song-to-hit-diamond-selling-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mariah-careys-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-becomes-first-holiday-song-to-hit-diamond-selling-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey&#039;s &#039;All I Want for Christmas Is You&#039; Becomes First Holiday Song to Hit Diamond-Selling Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmariah-careys-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-becomes-first-holiday-song-to-hit-diamond-selling-status%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1087925&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Pop star Mariah Carey\u2019s jolly, love-it-or-hate-it tune \u201cAll I Want for Christmas is You\u201d is the first-ever holiday song to go from Platinum-selling to Diamond, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis December, \u2018All I Want for Christmas is You\u2019 became the first and only holiday single to take home the RIAA\u2019s coveted Diamond Award (in recognition of ten million sales and streaming units in the United States),\u201d the RIAA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riaa.com\/mariah-careys-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-makes-history\/\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.5421686746988\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf84<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AllIWantForChristmasIsYou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AllIWantForChristmasIsYou<\/a> is the first RIAA Diamond holiday song in recorded music history! \ud83d\udc8e Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariahCarey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MariahCarey<\/a> and her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColumbiaRecords?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ColumbiaRecords<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SonyLegacyRecs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SonyLegacyRecs<\/a> team! \u2728\ud83c\udf81 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vdo2urguPR\">pic.twitter.com\/vdo2urguPR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RIAA (@RIAA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIAA\/status\/1466769310999879688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe continued love for my song never ceases to amaze me and fill my heart with a multitude of emotions,\u201d Carey said. \u201cIt blows my mind that \u2018All I Want for Christmas is You\u2019 has endured different eras of the music industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe RIAA DIAMOND award?! Wowww! I\u2019m so fortunate to have the greatest fans on Earth, my Lambily, who continue to support my legacy. I love you,\u201d the singer added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The song, which was released in October 1994 as the first single from Carey\u2019s \u201cMerry Christmas\u201d album, went on to become one of the best-selling singles \u2014 of any genre \u2014 of all time, and the best-selling holiday ringtone in the U.S. for several years running.<\/p>\n<p>Billboard recently named Carey\u2019s \u201cAll I Want for Christmas is You\u201d as the #1 record on their Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs list.<\/p>\n<p>The song first made it to the Top 10 of the Hot 100 in December 2017 and, in December 2019 \u2014 25 years after its original release \u2014 became the second holiday single ever to hit #1 on the Hot 100, breaking the record for longest span from release date to #1, notes RIAA.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (Make My Wish Come True Edition)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aAkMkVFwAoo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I Want for Christmas is You\u201d hit #1 again in 2020, giving it a five-week total in the top slot, a new milestone for a holiday recording.<\/p>\n<p>The hit Christmas song is also reportedly Carey\u2019s biggest&nbsp;international success, topping the charts in 26 countries including Australia, Canada, France, and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the song topped the charts for the first time in the United Kingdom, where it spent a record 69 weeks in the UK Top 40 before reaching #1.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pop star Mariah Carey\u2019s jolly, love-it-or-hate-it tune \u201cAll I Want for Christmas is You\u201d is the first-ever holiday song to go from Platinum-selling to Diamond, according to the Recording Industry &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1087925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1087925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}