Mariah Carey Is ‘Honoured Beyond Belief’ At ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ Induction Into National Recording Registry

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Mariah Carey has truly secured her place in history. On Wednesday, the pop superstar’s classic holiday hit “All I Want For Christmas Is You” was inducted into the U.S.

Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry. READ MORE: Mariah Carey Crashes Daughter’s Vocal Practice In Cute Instagram Reel Since 2003, the Registry has chosen to preserve sound recordings that are considered “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States.” Carey’s song was among the 25 recordings selected for preservation by the Library of Congress, including Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”, Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina” and the Super Mario Bros.

theme by Koji Kondo. On Twitter, Carey reacted to the induction of “All I Want For Christmas” by sharing a video of her call with Library of Congress’ chief communications officer Roswell Encina sharing the news. “I’m honored beyond belief!

I definitely did not even imagine this would happen when writing and recording this song!” she wrote. READ MORE: Nick Cannon Says Mariah Carey Was ‘A Gift From God’ On the call, Carey shared how unexpected it was that the 1994 holiday song would become such a classic. “This is major and this is so gratifying to me as an artist, as a songwriter of course.