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Mariah Carey gives Pinoy fans a shoutout as ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ receives spike in streams

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

<p>Mariah Carey gave a shoutout to her Filipino fans following a report that her song &quot;All I Want for Christmas Is You&quot; received a plentiful of streams on Spotify as we welcome the month of September. </p><p>On Sunday, September 3, the singer&#x27;s fan page shared on social media platform X: &quot;@MariahCarey&#x27;s &#x27;All I Want For Christmas Is You&#x27; received 316K streams on Spotify yesterday, a 75% increase compared to the same day in 2022.&quot;</p><p>To which Mariah reacted, saying: &quot;Not yet!!!! I’ll allow it for my Filipino lambs though! 🐑❤️ (I don’t make the rules! 🤷‍♀️).&quot;</p><p>September or the beginning of the &quot;ber&quot; months is considered by many in the Philippines as the start of the Christmas season.</p><div><br/></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twitter-extracted-i1693790805157335536="true"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">🗣️🗣️🗣️ Not yet!!!!<br/><br/>I’ll allow it for my Filipino lambs though! 🐑❤️ (I don’t make the rules! 🤷‍♀️) <a href="https://t.co/qgyHI6lq37">https://t.co/qgyHI6lq37</a></p>— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) <a href="https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/1698079062155989028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2023</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><p>Filipino fans were quick to react to Mariah&#x27;s post.</p><p>&quot;The Filipinos love you, Queen!&quot; one fan wrote.</p><p>&quot;Oh yes! The malls are now playing this on this side of the world... Christmas trees and decors are also at storefronts! Filipinos start Christmas in September!&quot; another fan commented.</p><div><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2018/10/25/fresh-scoops/mariah-carey-says-shes-excited-to-see-her-filipin-49851"><strong>READ: Mariah Carey says she’s excited to see her Filipino fans </strong></a></div><p>Mariah released &quot;All I Want for Christmas is You&quot; in 1994 as part of her fourth studio album <em>Merry Christmas</em>. It has become a yearly Christmas anthem around the world ever since its release. </p><p>She dropped a music video for the song in 2009. The video has already gained 757 million views as of this writing.</p><p>In 2021, the song was diamond-certified by the Recording Industry Association of America.</p><p>Meanwhile, in December 2022, the song broke Spotify records as it gained 21.273 million streams on a single day during Christmas Eve. It also hit the No. 1 spot on Billboard Hot 100.</p><p>In a 2022 report from The Economist, it said that Mariah earns $2.5 million in annual royalties for &quot;All I Want For Christmas is You.&quot;</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-3" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq-rMhBNoGx/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=506&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A1063959%2C%22ls%22%3A693506.6%2C%22le%22%3A693862.6%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="880" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-3" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Mariah has always been vocal about her love for Christmas.</p><p>&quot;When I&#x27;m not on stage and I&#x27;m in holiday mode, there are rules that I set. I don&#x27;t care who it is – the kids, if I have guests, whatever – nobody is allowed to play or watch anything other than a Christmas-related thing,&quot; she said in an interview with USA Today last year.</p><p>She continued: &quot;If I wake up in the middle of the night and walk into the living room, and the music isn&#x27;t playing and the lights aren&#x27;t on, I just can&#x27;t handle it.&quot;</p>

<p>Mariah Carey gave her Pinoy fans a special mention as ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ gained an increase in streams on Spotify.</p>

Mariah Carey gave her Pinoy fans a special mention as ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ gained an increase in streams on Spotify.

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Mariah Carey gives Pinoy fans a shoutout as ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ receives spike in streams

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Published Sep 04, 2023 09:33 AM PHT

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