All I Want for Christmas Is You
Mariah Carey
1994
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1994
Release: 1994Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The label's catalog history explicitly places this original recording on Merry Christmas (1994). Subsequent seasonal reissues, rerecordings and guest versions do not replace it.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1994.html, 2021.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Mariah Carey original album years - Columbia/Legacy and UMG catalog announcement
The label explicitly separates original album years in parentheses from 2020-2021 reissue dates: debut 1990, Emotions 1991, Unplugged 1992, Music Box 1993, Merry Christmas 1994, Daydream 1995, Butterfly 1997, Rainbow 1999, Charmbracelet 2002, Mimi 2005, E=MC2 2008 and Caution 2018. It also expressly places All I Want for Christmas Is You on the original 1994 holiday album. Recording-session years on The Rarities and new reissue dates are not used for selected-song dates.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 2020: older return
- 2021: older return
- 2022: older return
- 2023: older return
- 2024: older return
- 2025: older return
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
A festive love song that has become a modern Christmas standard.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2021.html, position 107
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Chronology-screened editorial addition; reported release date still unverified; not a verified chart ranking.
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 2020 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Historical source retained for identity/context only. It does not establish a chart rank in this newly selected year.
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