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Mariah Carey’s Christmas (Marketing) Miracle

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Good morning, Broadsheet readers! Malala Yousafzai talks about education and Greta Thunberg, Carly Fiorina and Rep. Elissa Slotkin come out in favor of impeachment, and Mariah Carey gets the one things she needs. Have a terrific Tuesday. 

EVERYONE'S TALKING

- All I want for Christmas is No. 1. Call it Mariah Carey's Christmas miracle!—and by miracle I mean a carefully crafted, years-long marketing push. The singer's indelible ''All I Want for Christmas Is You" finally hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on Monday. No matter the means by which it got there, the accomplishment is undeniable: the song is 25 years old, it's taken the longest of any No. 1 to reach the top spot, and it's the first holiday tune to do so in 60 years. (Its predecessor: "The Chipmunk Song"—how could you forget!?) Plus, it gives Carey her 19th No. 1 hit—just one shy of the record-holding Beatles. 

It's no accident that the song has become a holiday season earworm; for years now, Sony Music Group has launched annual campaigns to broaden its appeal, the New York Times reports. There's been a series of live Christmas shows, a children's book, an animated film, a mini-documentary, and new cuts of the old track. The effect has been astounding; the song was streamed 45 million times last week. 

Business savvy is partly to credit for the song finally hitting No. 1, but so is its timeless appeal—"a simple, straight-ahead pop gem that just happens to be about Christmas," as Dave Bakula of Nielsen Music puts it. 

Then there's Carey's own take; she doesn't fuss over its top spot: “I don’t need something else to validate the existence of this song. I used to pick it apart whenever I listened to it, but at this point, I feel like I’m finally able to enjoy it.”

You enjoy it, Mariah; we'll be singing along, whether we like it or not. 

Claire Zillman
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Today's Broadsheet was produced by Emma Hinchliffe. 

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