Mariah Carey

Songwriter Andy Stone claims he co-wrote hit in 1989 and has never given permission for it to be used.

They allege the defendants also committed “acts of unjust enrichment by the unauthorised appropriation of plaintiff’s work and the goodwill associated therewith”. Carey released the song in 1994 as part of her album Merry Christmas and it has gone on to be recognised as one of the most well-known festive hits. Mariah Carey is being sued for $20m (£16m) for alleged copyright infringement over her hit song All I Want for Christmas Is You.

The pop superstar first released the iconic single back in 1994 - but another musician is now claiming that his song - by the same name - was the ...

"It was inspired by songs from the 50s and 60s, the ones that you just couldn’t help but be happy whenever you heard them. I wanted to express that spirit and make a song that made me feel happy at the holidays. "I was like, ‘When I grow up, I am never going to let that happen.

Andy Stone, known as Vince Vance, filed a lawsuit against Carey on Friday in a New Orleans federal court.

But others say it has become overplayed and irritating, with one Texas bar last year banning the playing of the song before Dec. 1 and thereafter allowing it to be played only “one time a night.” Copyright does not generally extend to song titles alone, with dozens of registered entriesfor “All I Want for Christmas is You” at the U.S. Copyright Office as of Saturday.for “All I Want for Christmas is You” at the U.S. Copyright Office as of Saturday. The court documents describe Vance as a self-employed artist who in 1989 co-wrote a song titled “All I Want for Christmas is You” and recorded it in a studio in Nashville. It was later released and “receiving extensive airplay during the 1993 Christmas season … began making appearances on the Billboard Music Charts.”

In a complaint filed in New Orleans federal court, Andy Stone is seeking at least $20 million in damages from Carey, her co-writer and Sony Music ...

Stone's lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for additional comment. It has also topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart every year since 2019, despite having been recorded a quarter century earlier. Spokespeople for Carey and Sony Music did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Afanasieff and Sony Music are listed as co-defendants on the lawsuit. The copyright infringement lawsuit, obtained by Rolling Stone, bases its claims on the ...

Instead, Stone believes that, as the writer of a song called “All I Want for Christmas Is You” that predated Carey’s own single, he has the copyright on subsequent works bearing that title. “Song titles aren’t entitled to copyright protection,” intellectual property rights lawyer Pamela Koslyn told Deadline. “Defendants knew or should have known of Plaintiff’s copyright,” the lawsuit states, adding that Stone’s single received “extensive airplay” during the 1993 Christmas season.

Songwriter Andy Stone says he co-wrote a song with the same name five years earlier, arguing that Ms Carey exploited his "popularity" and "style". Despite ...

It is not unusual for different songs to have the same name, and the United States Copyright Office lists 177 entries on its website under the title All I Want for Christmas is You. A must-have on any Christmas playlist, Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You is one of the best known Christmas records of all time. Singer Mariah Carey is being sued for copyright infringement over her 1994 Christmas mega-hit, All I Want for Christmas is You.