Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" was inducted into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry on Wednesday (April 12), and the icon celebrated the honor on social media.
"I'm honored beyond belief!" she wrote on both Twitter and Instagram about the special news. "I definitely did not even imagine this would happen when writing and recording this song! Thank you so much Ms. Hayden and the Llibrary of Congress."
Carey is referring to Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, who, with advice from the National Recording Preservation Board, selects 25 titles each year that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and are at least 10 years old.
The Songbird Supreme also shared a snippet of an interview she did with the Library of Congress, telling chief communications officer Roswell Encina, "This is major and this is so gratifying to me as an artist, as a songwriter, of course. You know, you can't, like, come up with this. I wasn't sitting there writing lyrics like, 'I'm going to be in all these places and my song's gonna mean something to people every Christmas.' I had no idea, I just wrote from my heart what I wanted. So thank you for including me in this incredible company and the whole situation, thank you."
The perennial holiday classic indeed finds itself in good company, with the National Recording Registry also inducting the likes of Madonna's "Like a Virgin", Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)", Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina", the Super Mario Bros. theme, John Lennon's "Imagine", Queen Latifah's "All Hail the Queen" and more.
(Billboard)
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