"It's time!" Mariah Carey sings as the calendar filps over from October 31 to November 1 — signaling the start of the holiday season, whether you like it or not.

The powerhouse vocalist and songwriter has ruled Christmas with a festive fist for the last 30 years since her song "All I Want For Christmas Is You" made Christmas music popular again with its release in 1994. Ever since, the song has become the longest-charting single in any genre. It spent 65 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100, arguably making it the most popular original holiday song of the last several decades. Her subsequent album, "Merry Christmas," has sold 18 million copies and is blasted everywhere people go from the time the pumpkins get packed away till the tree comes down.

In an interview with The New York Times, Carey hinted at new music and shared that she's headed on a 21-date holiday tour that starts in November. Commenting on her Christmas song's 30th anniversary and its everlasting success, Carey said, “It’s really rewarding, and I’m just grateful and thankful for it and for all the people that come up and say,........

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