Mariah Carey Set to Sing ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ Ahead of NFL Christmas Matches

Mariah Carey’s Upcoming Performance

Mariah Carey is set to perform 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' to kick off the NFL Christmas games on Netflix – details below.

The performance was announced by Netflix, which shared a new clip from “NFL Christmas Games,” in which Mariah confirms her presence: “This Christmas, we all get our wish. The NFL is streaming on Netflix and I'll be there too.”

Details About the Performance

For Rolling Stone, Mariah Carey will reportedly perform her Christmas hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” before the two games kick off on Christmas Day.

Rolling Stone reports that Mariah Carey's performance will be pre-recorded and will be broadcast before the 1:00 pm ET game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers and the 4:30 pm ET game between the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens.”

Following the second quarter of the Houston Texans-Baltimore Ravens game, Beyoncé will take the field for the Christmas halftime show, where Netflix previously confirmed she will perform songs from “Cowboy Carter” live for the first time. Beyoncé's publicist also recently denied rumors that her performance would last longer than 20 minutes.

Legacy of “All I Want For Christmas”

Upon its release on October 29, 1994, “All I Want For Christmas” became an instant hit, peaking at number six on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart in the US and number two in the UK and Japan.

The track re-enters the charts around the world a few weeks before Christmas every year. It also reached number one in over 30 countries. The single also made history due to the gap between release and reaching number one in the US and UK being 25 and 26 years respectively.

“All I Want For Christmas” has officially been certified 16x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), marking it the highest-certified single artist ever.

Carey talks about what the success of her holiday single and album means to her. NME in 2021: “It means that someone smarter than me suggested I make a Christmas album when I was a young, young girl, and I thought, 'Hmmm, doesn't that happen later in life?' – she said, laughing. “And then I said, 'But you know what? I love Christmas!

In other news, a judge recently said she is inclined to dismiss a copyright lawsuit brought against Carey over the song “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Earlier this month (December 4), Carey posted a video message to her biggest fans via Spotify Wrapped – the clip was criticized by fans who believed her image was created by artificial intelligence. She responded to the comments by tweeting: “Y'all think it's AI because of the bad lighting and the red lip??”