Mariah Carey to re-release All I Want for Christmas Is You

Mariah Carey is to re-release All I Want for Christmas Is You.

The 55-year-old singer first unveiled the Yule Tide hit back in October 1994 — the first single from her holiday album Merry Christmas — and to celebrate the song turning 30-years-old she is re-releasing it as well as a new version of the LP Merry Christmas.

[embed]https://www.instagram.com/p/DA6g2MRALyv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link[/embed]

The R&B legend shared the news on her Instagram account and recreated the cover album cover, which shows her dressed in a Santa-inspired jumpsuit, trimmed with fur.

Her post read: "While it is definitely not time to listen to Christmas music yet I wanted to share a glimpse of #MerryChristmas30 with you! An homage to the original album cover, here is the cover art for two of the four new All I Want for Christmas Is You physical singles... available for pre-order now!"

The Merry Christmas LP was a huge hit when it was released in 1994, selling 15 million copies.

All I Want for Christmas Is You was co-written by Mariah and producer Walter Afanasieff, with the pair coming up with the track while working on three original songs for the Merry Christmas album.

[[nid:678629]]

The song, which reportedly only took 15 minutes to write and compose, generates an estimated US$600,000 (S$780,000) per year in royalties for Mariah.

Mariah is also setting off on a North American Christmas tour.

The singer will bring back her annual Christmas extravaganza for 20 dates across the US, starting with an opening night at the Yaamava Theatre in Highland, California, on Nov 6.

In November, she will continue the tour in Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee and Illinois, before moving on to Washington DC, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina and New Jersey in December.

Mariah will finish the tour with two nights in New York: A concert at UBS Arena in Belmont Park on Dec 15, and a final show at the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn on Dec 17.

ALSO READ: Mariah Carey mourns deaths of mother and sister who both died on same day