Well here it is, a $1.5m Christmas
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Noddy Holder earns around $ 1.5 million in royalties per year from his 1973 hit Merry Xmas Everybody.
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IT’S the real-life version of About A Boy – a songwriter pens a festive hit and decades later is still raking in over $ 1.5 million a year in royalties.
Welcome to the world of glam rocker Noddy Holder, writer of Britain’s most profitable Christmas hit, Merry Xmas Everybody.
In the film version of Nick Hornby’s novel, Hugh Grant’s character lives a cashed-up lifestyle due to substantial royalties from Santa’s Super Sleigh, a song written by his father.
Unencumbered by a job, he is able to spend his days reading up on pop culture, buying cool clothes and attending to his personal grooming.
For glam rocker Noddy Holder, a lifetime lived from the riches of pop royalties is no Christmas fairytale – it’s reality.
His 1973 song Merry Xmas Everybody is top of the Christmas song list when it comes to pulling in the royalties, according to the website Prezzybox.com.
Holder, 67, singer and guitarist of the glam rock band Slade, co-wrote the festive hit with keyboardist Jim Lea.
Virtually unknown in Australia, Merry Xmas Everybody is incongruous in Britain at this time of year, popping up on TV, radio and complication albums.
The never-ending popularity of the song has left Holder laughing all the way to the bank.
According to Prezzybox, The Pogues’ Christmas classic Fairytale of New York comes in at second place, earning $ 940,000 a year.
Mariah Carey comes in at third place, with All I Want For Christmas likely to earn $ 820,000 in 2013.
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