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All I Want for Christmas Is You

Music News 

Mariah Carey set a new Spotify streaming record with THAT SONG

December 28, 2022December 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments All I Want for Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey, Spotify, Streaming

There was some concern/joy this season that Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” had finally peaked and was on

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Mariah’s Queen of Christmas crown gets knocked askew. A little bit.

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments All I Want for Christmas Is You, ASCAP, Mariah Carey

“All I Want for Christmas is You” (otherwise known as THAT BLOODY SONG) by Mariah Carey is back at #1

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Music News 

Weekly survey: Is the world finally done with Mariah Carey and “All I Want for Christmas is You?”

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment All I Want for Christmas Is You, Brenda Lee, Mariah Carey, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

After a couple of decades dominating the Christmas charts, the world might finally be done with Mariah Carey and “All

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Music News 

About bloody time: A metalcore remix of “All I Want for Christmas is You”

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment All I Want for Christmas Is You, Cover Version, From Ashes to New, Metalcore

I, like so many other people around the planet, am sick of this Mariah Carey Christmas classic. However, I can

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Music News 

It appears we may have passed peak Mariah Carey with “All I Want for Christmas is You”

December 4, 2022December 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments All I Want for Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey has made tens and tens of millions of dollars from “All I Want for Christmas is You” since

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Music Industry Music News 

Mariah Carey wants to be officially known as The Queen of Christmas. Not so fast.

August 20, 2022August 20, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments All I Want for Christmas Is You, Darlene Love, David Letterman, Elizabeth Chan, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Queen of Christmas

It won’t be long before the torture of “All I Want for Christmas is You” begins. In fact, if history

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Controversy 

Mariah Carey is sued for plagiarism over “All I Want for Christmas” and I can’t figure out why.

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments All I Want for Christmas Is You, Andy Stone, Copyright Infringement, Mariah Carey, Plagiarism

Beware: I’m about to defend Mariah Carey’s music. I know, right? Like many millions around the planet, I detest the

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Random music news for Saturday, December 25, 2021

December 25, 2021December 24, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment All I Want for Christmas Is You, AstroWorld, Ed Sheeran, Guitars, Guns N'Roses, Headstones, Hugh Dillion, Live Nation, Mariah Carey, Michael Buble, Pink Floyd, Spotify

There’s music new on December 25? Absolutely. Here’s FYIMusicNews’ Year in Review. The US Congress wants to know exactly what

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Music News Recommended Music 

How do we solve a problem like Mariah?

December 20, 2021December 19, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment All I Want for Christmas Is You, Cover Version, Mariah Carey

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Mariah Carey is everywhere at this time of year. You can’t

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WTF? 

The internet has thoughts on this anti-vax version of “All I What for Christmas is You”

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments All I Want for Christmas Is You, Anti-vax, Cover Version, COVID-19, Mariah Carey

Someone named Bridgette still hasn’t got the message about COVID-19 and vaccinations. She’s so pissed off at…something that she took

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Music News 

Mariah Carey’s ubiquitous Christmas song got a metal makeover

December 11, 2021December 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments All I Want for Christmas Is You, Cover Version, Mariah Carey, Unlike I Wake

About time, too. Props to Buffalo band Until I Wake for getting the job done.

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