Mariah Carey accused of plagiarizing Christmas hit ‘All I want for Christmas is you’
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On October 30, musician Andy Stone filed a lawsuit against popular singer Mariah Carey in a California court for $20 million. He claims her holiday song “All I Want for Christmas is You” violates his copyright, FoxNews reports.
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Carey released the holiday song in 1994.
Stone, lead vocalist for Vince Vance and the Valiants, co-wrote a song called “All I Want for Christmas is You” in 1989. Stone accused Carey and her team of copying the “compositional structure” of his song.
Carey “directly” copied lyrics from Stone’s 1989 hit, and “approximately 50%” of the song constitutes copyright infringement, court documents state.
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Stone claimed that Carey and her team “undoubtedly” had access to his version of “All I Want for Christmas is You” due to its “widespread commercial and cultural success.” Stone’s song spent years on the Billboard charts, and his band performed it during a performance at the White House in the spring of 1994, the same year Carey’s song was released.
The White House performance returned Vince Vance and the Valiants’ song to the Billboard Hot Country chart in 1994, according to court documents.
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“Carey benefited from the success of her infringing work,” Stone’s lawsuit alleges. “The song ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ has proven to be a ubiquitous part of popular culture, and Carey’s name has become synonymous with the holiday season.”
Stone first filed suit against Carey in June 2022 in Louisiana court and dropped his claims five months later.
Iconic song
Carey’s Christmas hit has been a holiday staple since its release in 1994. The song “All I Want for Christmas is You” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and sold more than 10 million copies.
Carey shared the announcement on social media: “It’s time for All I Want for Christmas is You.”
The video has received more than 70 million views and 2 million likes on Instagram this year.
“The idea for me to put out a Christmas album actually came from the record company,” Carey told W Magazine. “I thought it was too early for me to do this.” But I love Christmas. I had very sad Christmases as a child, but I always tried to find the bright light there.”
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“We didn’t want it to be period-specific, so we didn’t use music from that era,” she explained. “But I never could have imagined that it would become such an important part of my life.”
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