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Here's how much Mariah Carey has already earned from 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' THIS YEAR

How much?!

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Author: Anna Sky Magliola

It's that time of the year, the Christmas songs take over the airwaves and it doesn't matter if they were from 30 years ago or three years ago, we just can't stop singing along! Now, one question that is always on our lips is, just how much do the artists get from their ever-popular Christmas songs, such as Mariah Carey's age-old classic, 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'?

Well, we could have all guessed that Mariah's release will make her a huge amount of money every year, but just how much? According PrezzyBox, Mariah has already earned around £2.5million in royalties this year, not bad for a song that was originally released in 1994, and co-written by Mariah and Walter Afanasief.

WATCH: The music video for Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'

When it comes to some of our other Christmas favourites, PrezzyBox have also revealed that this year, Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' has earned around £1.6million, meanwhile, The Pogues' 'Fairytale of New York' has racked up a massive £2.8million!

This year there could be a new Christmas hit to listen out for. LadBaby has teamed up with Money Saving Expert's Martin Lewis this year, for a reworking of the Band Aid hit 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'. 'Food Aid' has had approval from Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, and all profits will go towards the fight against hunger and poverty.

QUIZ: Guess the Christmas song from the iconic lyrics

Lyrics...

Guess the song from these lyrics, and then scroll down for the answers:

1) "This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special."

2) "Let the Christmas spirit ring, later we'll have some pumpkin pie."

3) "Santa Claus won't make me happy with a toy on Christmas Day."

4) "You know that sweet Santa Clause is on the way."

5) "Feed the world."

6) "I've got 5 more nights until you're next to me, 4 more days of being lonely."

7) "So this is Xmas and what have you done."

8) "Look to the future now, It's only just begun."

9) "You were handsome, you were pretty, Queen of New York City."

10) "Eat, drink and be merry, come along with me."

11) "Baby if you've got to go away, don't think I could take the pain."

12) "Soon the bells will start and the thing that'll make 'em ring is the carol that you sing."

13) "I sing this song to pass the time away, driving in my car."

14) "Snow is falling all around me."