Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 3) — A Christmas gift came early for Filipino fans as American singer Mariah Carey noticed a significant increase in streams of her song “All I Want for Christmas Is You” on Spotify.
According to a fan-based account, Carey’s Christmas song garnered 316,000 streams on Saturday, which is a 75% increase compared to the same day in 2022.
Carey attributed the spike in streams to her Filipino fans, who started to blast Christmas songs as early as September in anticipation of the Christmas celebration in the country.
“Not yet!!!! I’ll allow it for my Filipino lambs though! (I don’t make the rules!),” Carey tweeted.
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🗣️🗣️🗣️ Not yet!!!!
I’ll allow it for my Filipino lambs though! 🐑❤️ (I don’t make the rules! 🤷♀️) https://t.co/qgyHI6lq37
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) September 2, 2023
