• exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    In 2001? As I remember that song didn’t become a dominant Christmas song until Love Actually came out in 2003, and still took a few years before it became the single most popular Christmas song on the radio, first reaching number 1 in 2019.

    As of this picture nobody (including Mariah Carey) had any idea what that song would become.

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      12 hours ago

      Not that many years ago Noddy Holder said that with royalties “Merry Xmas Everybody” he can live comfortably for the entire year. I imagine Carey gets a lot more than he does.