On this handout photograph supplied by Disney, Grammy Award-winning singer Mariah Carey waves to the gang whereas taping the “Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade” TV particular on the Magic Kingdom on December 3, 2010 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Carey’s “All I Need For Christmas is You” is a vacation favourite.
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On this handout photograph supplied by Disney, Grammy Award-winning singer Mariah Carey waves to the gang whereas taping the “Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade” TV particular on the Magic Kingdom on December 3, 2010 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Carey’s “All I Need For Christmas is You” is a vacation favourite.
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Whether or not you play it on loop or whether or not it drives you loopy, there is no query Mariah Carey’s “All I Need for Christmas is You,” music has change into a everlasting fixture of the Christmas music canon.
However the vacation music canon is massive, and a lot of different pop artists have made their very own Yuletide jingles since 1994 together with John Legend, Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift.
However not even the girl who shattered data along with her Eras tour has given us a vacation music that has had endurance worthy of The Canon.
For 30 years Mariah Carey’s “All I Need for Christmas is You” has dominated the vacation music charts. NPR’s Stephen Thompson explains what makes it a long-lasting hit.
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