Here's why "All I Want for Christmas Is You," which reemerges on the charts each holiday season, is on track to become the most successful song ever released.

Carey, 55, earned an incredible $60 million in royalties when the song was first released, Forbes reported, and she now rakes in an estimated $2.5 million to $3 million annually for the hit, which is featured on Merry Christmas, her fourth studio album.

Mariah Carey remains on top! The singer recently acheived an amazing Billboard accolade - and she could claim another in a few weeks.

Mariah Carey is making the most of her favorite time of the year. The Queen of Christmas stepped out in style while celebrating Christmas with her inner circle in Aspen, Colorado, after touring across the country and bringing the holiday spirit to her fans.

Mariah Carey has insisted she never predicted All I Want for Christmas Is You would be a hit. Co-written and produced by Mariah and Walter Afanasieff, the track was originally included on her 1994 holiday album,

American singer, songwriter and record producer Mariah Carey was born on March 27, 1969 in New York, United States. She is known as an uncontested Queen of Christmis. Once again, a unique streaming record with the legendary holiday hymn ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ has been settled by her.