Christmas music is big business — just ask Mariah Carey

With the holiday music business worth an estimated $177 million US a year, more artists are releasing Christmas covers and original songs — some hoping to recreate the recipe that turned Mariah Carey's 1994 pop song All I Want For Christmas Is You into an enduring holiday classic.

Christmas music is big business — just ask Mariah Carey
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With the holiday music business worth an estimated $177 million US a year, more artists are releasing Christmas covers and original songs — some hoping to recreate the recipe that turned Mariah Carey's 1994 pop song All I Want For Christmas Is You into an enduring holiday classic.