Besides its catchy melodies and stellar vocal performance, what sonically has helped make Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” the top title on Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Holiday 100 Songs chart and a perennial No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 each holiday season since 2019?
As the carol, originally released in 1994, continues to expand its legacy, here’s a look at three compositional characteristics that have helped it jingle to chart history.
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