“Merry Xmas Everybody” by Slade £1m (in royalties per year) “Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl £400,000. “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey £400,000.
Simply so, did Mariah wrote All I want for Christmas?
Mariah Carey
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Additionally, how old is Mariah Carey song All I want for Christmas?
3 on the chart. Now a holiday classic, the song was first released in 1994 on Carey's "Merry Christmas" album. She was 24 when she recorded it. "All I Want for Christmas" has been featured in "Love Actually" and is used as Carey's official holiday kick-off anthem every year.
How much royalties does Mariah Carey make every Christmas?
1 spot in the Billboard Hot 100 chart on Dec. 16. It's also made Carey a lot of money since it was released on her 1994 album, “Merry Christmas” — the song has earned over $60 million in royalties since it was released, according to a 2017 report in the Economist.
Do they know its Christmas royalties?
Wham! singer George Michael had appeared on the Band Aid single and he and fellow band member Andrew Ridgeley donated all the royalties from their single to the Band Aid Trust.