Just days after Mariah Carey learned her perennial hit, ‘All I Want for Christmas is You,’ returned to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 to historic measure (as we reported here), news surfaced the holiday tune has made a similarly historic move at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

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In December 2021, Carey made history when ‘All I Want’ became the first yuletide-flavored hit to be certified Diamond – meaning it sold the equivalence of over 10 million units in the United States at the time.

By December 14, 2022, the tune had sold an additional two million units – pushing it to its current status of 12x Platinum.

The win not only extends its reign as the highest-certified holiday hit ever, but also saw it tie Katy Perry‘s ‘Firework‘ for the title of highest-certified single by a female act to date.

Among all artists, only Lil Nas X‘s ‘Old Town Road’ and Post Malone & Swae Lee‘s ‘Sunflower’ (17x Platinum each), Drake‘s ‘God’s Plan’ and The Chainsmokers’ ‘Closer’ (15x Platinum each), Florida Georgia Line‘s ‘Cruise,’ Gotye‘s ‘Somebody That I Used to Know,’ Imagine Dragons’ ‘Radioactive,’ John Legend‘s ‘All of Me,’ and Post’s ‘Congratulations’ (14x Platinum each), Bruno Mars’ ‘Just the Way You Are,’ Chris Stapleton‘s ‘Tennessee Whiskey,’ Eminem‘s ‘Love the Way You Lie’ and ‘Lose Yourself,’ and Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee‘s ‘Despacito‘ (13x Platinum each) are certified higher than Katy and Mimi’s respective hits.

Unlike a number of the acts found in the previous list, however, Mimi is one of few who can boast having at least one Diamond single and Diamond album.  That exclusive tally is lined with names like Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Taylor Swift, and Eminem.

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