Christmas Number Ones Royalties

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Christmas number ones royalties. The royalties received by bands and singers from their christmas hits have been revealed and some people are making a serious amount of money for singing about santa claus. Traditionally the volume of record sales in the uk peaks at christmas with the christmas number one being considered especially prestigious more. Mariah carey is thought to earn royalties of 376 000 every year from her hit all i want for christmas is you which was announced as the most streamed christmas song of all time on thursday. In the united kingdom christmas number ones are singles that are top of the uk singles chart in the week in which christmas day falls.

The beatles unsurprisingly hold the record for the most christmas number ones with four while the spice girls managed an impressive three consecutive victories in the mid nineties. The 1973 christmas number one has been referred to by holder as his pension scheme which gives added poignancy to the lyric look to the future now it s only just begun. 10 december 2018 10 58. Mail online estimated that slade led by noddy holder make 500 000 every year from royalties coming from their festive classic merry xmas everybody.

We ve only had boring number ones lately. Novelty songs charity songs or songs with a christmas theme have regularly been at the top of christmas charts. A facebook campaign tried to correct that pop wrong by getting the song to no 1 in the 2017 christmas chart a year after george michael died on christmas day in 2016 and it almost worked last. One of the best ever christmas films where the jaunty number was heavily featured.

But also plays heavily on the importance of spending time with your loved ones. This is how much money slade mariah carey and co get from christmas song royalties every year.