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Merry Christmas: Celebrating 20 years of Mariah Carey’s classic holiday album

November 1, 2014

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November 1, 1994. Mariah Carey always loved the Christmas season growing up. As she told Billboard magazine in 1994, “I’m a very festive person and I love the holidays. I’ve sung Christmas songs since I was a little girl. I used to go Christmas caroling.” If holiday albums from major stars weren’t quite rare in 1994, they weren’t exactly the norm either.

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“Miss You Most,” Mariah Carey’s Searing Seasonal Offering

Every year, on the first of November, while children are coming down from their sugar highs and parents are recouping from hours of tricking and treating, Mariah Carey awakes to announce to the world that “it’s tiiiiime!” Houses are still adorned by pumpkins and a sea of foliage, and faux

On ‘8 Days of Christmas,’ Destiny’s Child Made Girl Power Festive

In 2001, Destiny’s Child were on top of the world. In May,

Mariah Carey’s “Christmas Time is In the Air Again” Through the Years

Mariah Carey’s honorary title as “Queen of Christmas” is attributed to the

Playlist: Mariah Carey and the 12 Princesses of Christmas

December 15, 2024

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Mariah Carey’s Christmas Princesses Ever since the world collectively decided to coronate Mariah Carey as the Queen of Christmas, as usual with women in pop culture, the talk of which hopeful Christmas Princesses could replace her almost immediately followed. However, she’s only grown in her festive ferocity over the decade

97 Words: “santa doesn’t know you like i do” by Sabrina Carpenter

December 14, 2024

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Fresh off of a breakout year as pop’s latest it-girl, Sabrina Carpenter wasted no time entering the Christmas conversation. In the Best New Artist nominee‘s Christmas variety special on Netflix, “A Nonsense Christmas,” she repackaged her 2023 holiday EP, “fruitcake,” for mass consumption. As sassy and sexy as her latest

97 Tracks: Sounds of Christmas Playlist

December 25, 2021

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Throughout the month of December, each of our writers shared their holiday favorites via their own 97 Minutes of Christmas playlist. Now that that series is complete, we have compiled those Christmas playlists into one master list. After making cuts for duplicates and one too many renditions of the same classic

Snowflakes: A Very Toni Braxton Christmas

December 22, 2021

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Toni Braxton is one of the most recognisable names and voices in R&B music. In 2001, after some turmoil with her record label and her third album The Heat, she released her Christmas album Snowflakes. It would be more fitting to call Snowflakes a holiday album, or rather, a seasonal/winter

Review: ‘December Baby’ by JoJo = Christmas Vibes

December 20, 2021

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During the initial weeks of quarantine in 2020, JoJo became an early leader amongst celebrities who used their platforms to keep fans entertained, and informed. Unfortunately for her, she had just kicked off an era – her fourth studio album, good to know, was slated to drop in May, and

“When Christmas Comes” Cements Mariah Carey’s Seasonal Crown

December 19, 2021

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They don’t call Mariah Carey the “Queen of Christmas” for any ol’ reason. Her entire holiday canon has become a market for success, and her ever growing power during the holiday season only snowballs year after year. The key to her yuletide fortune, though, is a song she wrote back

Mariah Carey’s “The Star” Shines On

December 17, 2021

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In 2017 Mariah Carey was called upon to write and sing the theme song for the animated movie The Star. The Queen of Christmas re-united with Marc Shaiman for this task and the two came up with an epic ballad bearing the same title as the movie. Much has been said

Playlist: 97 Minutes of Christmas, Vol. 5

December 16, 2021

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This Christmas season, the staff of THE 97 will be sharing their favorite holiday songs via our new 97 Minutes of Christmas Playlist series. Each playlist contains 1 hour and 37~ minutes of Christmas jams personally curated by the staff writer. VOLUME 5, CURATED BY ANDREW How do you boil Christmas

Mariah Carey and the Tale of the “Oh Santa” Twins

December 15, 2021

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Merry Christmas II You In 2010, Mariah Carey was pregnant with her twins, Monroe and Moroccan, and decided that creating two human lives wasn’t enough. No, she would also craft her second Christmas album: Merry Christmas II You. The lead single from the set was entitled “Oh Santa!” and was released

Playlist: 97 Minutes of Christmas, Vol. 4

December 14, 2021

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Christmas

Merry Christmas: Celebrating 20 years of Mariah Carey’s classic holiday album

“Miss You Most,” Mariah Carey’s Searing Seasonal Offering

On ‘8 Days of Christmas,’ Destiny’s Child Made Girl Power Festive

Mariah Carey’s “Christmas Time is In the Air Again” Through the Years

97 Tracks: Sounds of Christmas Playlist

Snowflakes: A Very Toni Braxton Christmas

Review: ‘December Baby’ by JoJo = Christmas Vibes

“When Christmas Comes” Cements Mariah Carey’s Seasonal Crown

Mariah Carey’s “The Star” Shines On

Playlist: 97 Minutes of Christmas, Vol. 5

Mariah Carey and the Tale of the “Oh Santa” Twins

Playlist: 97 Minutes of Christmas, Vol. 4

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