Mariah Carey to perform ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ before NFL’s Christmas games

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Mariah Carey is set to perform ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ to kick off the NFL’s Christmas-day games on Netflix – find out more below.The performance was announced by Netflix, who shared a new ‘NFL Christmas Gameday’ clip, in which Mariah confirms her attendance: “This Christmas we all get our wish.

The NFL is live on Netflix, and I’ll be there too.”Per a Rolling Stone report, the performance will see Mariah Carey perform her Christmas hit ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ prior to the start of the two games on Christmas Day.Rolling Stone reports that Mariah Carey’s performance will be pre-recorded and will be broadcast before the 1pm ET match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the 4:30pm ET match between the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens.After the second quarter of the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens game, Beyoncé will hit the field for the Christmas-day Halftime Show, where Netflix has previously confirmed she will perform songs off ‘Cowboy Carter’ live for the first time.

Beyoncé’s publicist has also recently shot down rumours that her performance will run for over 20 minutes.Upon its release on October 29 1994, ‘All I Want For Christmas’ was an instant hit, landing the Number Six spot on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary chart in the United States and Number Two in the United Kingdom and Japan.The track annually re-enters charts worldwide in the weeks leading up to Christmas.