Mariah Carey faces $20 Million lawsuit over 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' from a songwriter who penned a different track with that title
Despite the fact that Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was a Billboard Hot 100 Number One hit, the video has a combined 1 billion views on YouTube and over 1 billion streams on Spotify, and the song unofficially and annually marks the official start of the holiday season, Stone’s lawyers state in the lawsuit that they didn’t reach out to Carey’s legal team until April 2021. A cease and desist followed, and was ignored.’s request for comment.
The lawsuit — which was filed in New Orleans because that’s where, in April 2022, Stone purchased a copy of Carey’s 1994 albumthat featured her “All I Want for Christmas Is You” — seeks “the profits, gains and advantages derived by the Defendants as a result of willful copyright infringement, in addition to punitive damages and compensation for the damages sustained in an amount not less than $20,000,000.00.
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