Mariah Carey’s iconic Christmas song “All I Want For Christmas Is You” faces legal controversy (Instagram/mariahcarey)
Just a few weeks before the start of the Christmas season, the typical festival takes place on November 1st Mariah Carey It was dwarfed by the opening of the Christmas season. The singer was caught off guard again second lawsuit accusing her of infringing the copyright on her classic Christmas hit “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”released in 1994. So the 54-year-old singer is brought to court again by two men who claim to have written a song of the same name.
The composers of music Andy Stone And Troy Powers They had already reported Luis Miguel’s ex-partner in 2022 as part of a failed lawsuit accusing them of plagiarism in the iconic song, which, as it turned out, shares the same name as their 1989 Christmas song. Carey got away with it when it was thrown out by the Louisiana court months later.
Now the musicians have re-entered the fray with a second lawsuit in a row that includes new lawyers and more allegations, demanding at least $20 million in damages from the New York artist. According to TMZ, in the new documents they claim this is the case Significant similarities in lyrical melody, melody and overall feel compared to her original song, suggesting that Mariah “He ignored these works in the story of the creation of the song as if they were his works.”
The lawsuit against the 54-year-old singer accuses her of “copyright infringement and unjust enrichment.”
But the lawsuit was not only directed against the singer, but also Walter Afanasieff, who composed the song with her, and the production company for “copyright infringement and unjust enrichment.” Although Andy Stone acknowledges in the document that the song is musically different, he asserts that the title is the same and that the actress never asked for permission to use the song and that she received “undeserved benefits” as a result.
On October 31st, the day before the unfortunate complaint, Carey celebrated the end of Halloween and the official welcome to the Christmas season, inaugurated by her, as she usually does every year on social networks. The overwhelming success of “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, embraced and listened to by millions of families around the world, has made it a success extremely popular Christmas emblem that it was difficult for him to be the target of multiple memes every time the holiday comes.
For this year the artist decided to make jokes and Become your own meme. On Halloween Day, he presented a reel of ice production depicting a vault of sorts, the door of which is activated as midnight approaches on the 31st, giving way to November 1st.
Christmas icon: Mariah Carey’s hit song has sold more than 10 million copies since hitting the charts in 1994
Inside, the We Belong Together singer can be seen in a red Christmas costume frozen in a block of ice. exactly as she was depicted in a meme. All around you can see several people in Halloween costumes melting the block, which breaks to the rhythm of the famous “It’s time!” that the singer sings and thus ushers in the Christmas season.
Over the years, the iconic Christmas hit has been performed by numerous artists and appeared in countless films, television shows and commercials, proving its lasting influence on popular culture. The song continues to be a favorite from generation to generation 1.4 million plays on Spotify.