Mariah Carey will bring her holiday hits to television with a new two-hour concert special titled Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!.
Filmed in New York City at Madison Square Garden arena, the special will premiere Dec. 20 on CBS and Paramount+, the outlets announced Thursday.
The concert event will feature Carey performing some of her favorite holiday music, including the chart-topping “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”
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FIRST ON #CBSMornings: @mariahcarey is gifting us a two-hour primetime live concert special this holiday season.
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— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) November 10, 2022
Carey is the best-selling female artist of all time, with more than 200 million albums sold, CBS said in a press release.
The singer-songwriter has scored 19 Billboard Hot 100 #1 singles. She is an inductee to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been recognized with multiple Grammy Awards, numerous American Music Awards, three Guinness World Record titles, and both Billboard’s Artist of the Decade and Icon awards, just to name a few.
In 1994, she released “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff, the song topped the charts and sold millions of copies.
She will perform the single once again for audiences on Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!.
The special is a co-production of Sony Music Entertainment and Supply & Demand. Mariah Carey, Joseph Kahn, Charleen Manca and Nicola Doring are executive producers. Sony Music Entertainment is distributing the special.
The concert event airs Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network. Paramount+ will stream the event and MTV will air it after the premiere.
