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All I Want for Christmas Is You is een single uit 1994 van de Amerikaanse zangeres Mariah Carey. Carey schreef en produceerde het nummer samen met Walter Afanasieff voor haar vijfde album, Merry Christmas.

In All I want for Christmas is you zingt Carey dat het samenzijn met haar geliefde het enige is waar kerst om draait. Het lied werd in november 1994 als eerste single van Merry Christmas uitgebracht. De plaat werd een wereldwijde hit, echter in thuisland de Verenigde Staten werd de singleversie niet eens uitgebracht, maar verscheen wel op een album en bereikte slechts de 83e positie in de Billboard Hot 100. In het Verenigd Koninkrijk bereikte de plaat de 2e positie in de UK Singles Chart.

In Nederland was de plaat in week 49 van 1994 Megahit op Radio 3FM en werd een grote hit. De plaat bereikte de nummer 1-positie in de Mega Top 50 en de 5e positie in de Nederlandse Top 40. In België bereikte de plaat de 5e positie in zowel de Vlaamse Ultratop 50 als de Vlaamse Radio 2 Top 30.

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her fourth studio album and first holiday album, Merry Christmas (1994). She wrote and produced the song with Walter Afanasieff. It was released as the lead single from the album on October 29, 1994, by Columbia Records. The track is an uptempo love song that includes bell chimes, backing vocals, and synthesizers. It has received critical acclaim, with The New Yorker describing it as "one of the few worthy modern additions to the holiday canon". The song has become a Christmas standard, with a significant rise in popularity every December.

The song was a success when first released, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart in the United States and number two in the United Kingdom and Japan. The advent of music streaming has led to renewed success for the single, which now annually re-enters charts worldwide in the weeks before Christmas and has reached number one in over 30 countries. The single has broken the record for the longest gap between release and reaching number one in both the United States and the United Kingdom, 25 and 26 years respectively. It is the best-selling Christmas song of all time in the US. It is certified Diamond in Australia, Canada, Sweden, and the US. The song has sold over 16 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling digital singles of all time. As of 2023, the Associated Press estimated the song's royalty earnings at $100 million. That same year, the song was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Recording Registry.