Looses Lips: Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You sells its MILLIONTH copy in the UK

Friday, 20 December 2013

Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You sells its MILLIONTH copy in the UK

The track has been in the charts nine times since it was first released in 1994

Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You has sold its millionth copy in the UK - 19 years after it was first released.
The track reached the milestone after selling 68,000 copies in 2013, according to the Official Charts Company.
After learning of the feat, the American singer said: "Thank you to all of my British fans!
"Love, Mariah."
The song reached number two when it was first released in 1994 - it was kept off the top spot by East 17's Stay Another Day.
It has since re-entered the chart on eight separate occasions.
Co-written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, the track first appeared on the festive album Merry Christmas and has generated an estimated $50 million (£30.5m) in royalties worldwide since it was released.
It returned to the Official Singles Chart in 2007, since when it has appeared in the top 40 every December.
The song reached number 20 last year and was at number 12 in the most recent chart update.
All I Want For Christmas Is You is one of 142 singles in the history of the Official Charts to pass the million copies mark in the UK.
In 2013, Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines, Lady Gaga's Bad Romance, Daft Punk's Get Lucky and Passenger's Let her Go passed the million sales mark.
Bing Crosby's White Christmas, Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody and Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas? have also reached this milestone.
Carey is working on a new solo album, due for release in early 2014.