BY ROBERT REQUINTINA
AT A GLANCE
On Sept. 2, Mariah owed the early success of her popular holiday tune in September to Filipino lambs after it gained 316,000 streams on Spotify.
It's September and Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is already gaining popularity. Thanks to her Filipino fans who streamed her holiday classic as early as September.
On Sept. 2, Mariah owed the early success of her popular holiday tune in September to Filipino lambs after it gained 316,000 streams on Spotify.
Mariah reposted an art card from her fan page about her chart-topping Christmas song in September.
The 54-year-old chanteuse couldn't be happier for the early Christmas gift from her Filipino lambs.
"Not yet," wrote the "Vision of Love" singer. "I'll allow it for my Filipino lambs, though. I don't make the rules!"
Released in 1995, the song written by Mariah and Walter Afanasieff first appeared in the Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 2000. After 19 years, it finally hit No. 1 for the first time in November 2019. The popular tune was lifted from Maria's Christmas album "Merry Christmas."
