Though Mariah Carey says she doesn’t want a lot for Christmas in her signature holiday song, she certainly gets a lot. The Independent’s analysis of data from Forbes and The Economist finds that the singer earns between $2.5 million and $3 million in residuals each year from her hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” The song’s co-writer, Walter Afanasieff, also takes home a significant residual check. Carey’s 1994 hit, the most-streamed holiday song of all time, earned more than $100 million by 2023, according to the Associated Press. It is also the first and only holiday song to win the RIAA’s Diamond Award, recognizing more than 10 million sales and streaming units in the United States. Carey makes an annual social tradition of “defrosting” the song on November 1st. This year, she celeb

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