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It wouldn’t be Christmas without Mariah Carey on the radio.
And this year it won’t just be her festive hit All I Want For Christmas, as the singer herself will be hosting her own show on BBC Radio 2 on Christmas Day from 7pm.
To mark the 30th anniversary of his 1994 festive classic, the American pop star will appear as part of BBC radio’s Christmas programme.
During the pre-recorded holiday hour, Carey will thank listeners for their support over the years and perform holiday classics from artists who have inspired her, including Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston.
When Carey’s classic Christmas hit was released in 1994, East 17’s Stay Another Day surpassed it for the Christmas number one spot.
It wouldn’t be Christmas without Mariah Carey on the radio. And this year it won’t just be her festive hit All I Want For Christmas, as the singer herself will be hosting her own show on BBC Radio 2 on Christmas Day from 7pm.
To mark the 30th anniversary of his 1994 festive classic, the American pop star will appear as part of BBC radio’s Christmas programme.
But in December 2020, 26 years after it was first released, it finally reached number one and achieved the feat again in 2022.
Carey isn’t the only American superstar to appear on the BBC’s festival programme.
I Got You Babe singer Cher will reveal some of her favorite songs when she is featured on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs on December 15.
There will be some British presenters on BBC radio over the festive period.
Absolutely Fabulous stars Jennifer Saunders, Dame Joanna Lumley, Jane Horrocks and Julia Sawalha will come together to talk about the hit 90s comedy and their recent reunion special with presenter Kirsty Wark for BBC Radio 4 on Christmas Day.
BBC Radio 2 breakfast show host Zoe Ball, who announced this week she would be leaving the role in December after six years, will serve some of her favorite singers, including Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong, on Christmas Eve from midday . to 2 p.m. and from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Christmas Day.
The official Christmas number one will be announced on BBC Radio 1 on December 20 by Jack Saunders.
In August, Carey announced her Carey’s Christmas Time Tour, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her Christmas mega hit.
When Carey’s classic Christmas hit was released in 1994, East 17’s Stay Another Day surpassed it for the Christmas number one spot.
But in December 2020, 26 years after it was first released, it finally reached number one and achieved the feat again in 2022.
The five-time Grammy winner kicked off the concert tour on November 6 in Highland, California. He will perform the final show of the tour on December 17 in Brooklyn, New York.
The setlist features an impressive 26 songs and typically lasts about 90 minutes in which she vocalizes a mix of Christmas classics with modern twists and her greatest hits.
Every night, he closes the show with his 1994 hit All I Want For Christmas is You, considered the most popular Christmas song in the world.
Last November, Carey opened up about the true story behind her famous song that she composed with Brazilian composer Walter Afanasieff, 66.
she said Parade: ‘I started typing that on a little DX7 or Casio keyboard that was in this little room in the house I was living in at the time in upstate New York many lifetimes ago.
‘I just wrote everything I thought. “All the things that reminded me of Christmas that made me feel festive and that I wanted other people to feel.”