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Inside Mariah Carey's Net Worth - How The 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Singer Makes Money

It's been 25 holiday cheer-filled years since Mariah Carey released her iconic holiday single, "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in 1994. This year, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, making it the pop star's 19th No. 1 hit, the most of any solo artist in history. "We definitely wanted to kick it into high gear this year with the song to celebrate the 25th anniversary, but I definitely didnt expect it to hit No. 1 two weeks before Christmas," the pop star told Billboard . To celebrate the anniversary, Mariah also dropped a surprise new music video for the song, directed by Taylor Swift's go-to director, Joseph Kahn. "We wanted to make a modern classic," Mariah said during a YouTube Q&A. "Its kind of the opposite of the original video This is more of a production, but I feel like it has the same spirit, if not more."

Speaking of holiday spirit, Mariah's been cashing in on Christmas for decades. So much so that her current net worth is a merry amount of moneyto the tune $320 million, according to CelebrityNetWorth.com . Here's how the popstar made all that (Christmas cookie) dough:

Mariah's made millions off her iconic holiday hit.


According to the Recording Industry Association of America , Mariah is the second best-selling female artist of all time when it comes to albums. Only Barbra Streisand has her beat. Mariah has sold a total of 66.5 million albums, which means she likely sees a few dollars off every album sold, after earning out her advance against royalties.

And, according to The Economist , Mariah has earned $60 million in royalties for "All I Want for Christmas Is You" alone. (P.S. The #iconic holiday song apparently took only 15 minutes to write!)

Peep Mariah's new music video for "All I Want For Christmas Is You" below:

She's also raking in the dollars from book deals.
In 2015, Mariah released a children's book with Doubleday Books for Young Readers at Penguin Random House, titled All I Want for Christmas Is You. (Starting to see a theme here?) It's about "a young girl whose greatest Christmas wish is for a new puppy," giving new meaning to the song.

She has also reportedly has a memoir in the works, which will publish in late 2020, per Variety .

Mariah's made moula from multiple TV appearances.
Last week, Amazon released a documentary detailing the origins and massive success of "All I Want for Christmas Is You." Fun fact: Mariah says she decorated the studio with Christmas decorations even though it wasn't the holidays.

And remember when she signed on to judge American Idol in 2013? Yeah... apparently, her contract was worth $18 million for one year with an option to renew, according to People. She also had an eight-episode reality series, Mariah's World, with E! from 2016 to 2017, per Variety .

And she snagged tons of ticket sales for her holiday tour.
Presented by the Hallmark Channel, Mariah's 2019 holiday tour spanned six cities, including a five-show residency at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. Since 2014, she's toured during the holiday season, grossing $16.5 million, per Billboard . But this year was the first time she filled arenas like Madison Square Garden with merrymakers.

She'll be returning to Vegas for another five-show residency in February. "The hope now is to take [her Christmas show] and really make it an annual event that takes on a much wider, worldwide appeal," Mariah's longtime agent, Rob Light, told the publication.

It's also not her first residency in Las Vegas. In 2015, Mariah signed a $30 million deal for a two-year residency at Caesar's Palace.

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