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Mariah Carey’s festive song All I Want For Christmas Is You is one of the bestselling Yuletide tracks of the last 30 years.

Pop singer Mariah Carey defeated a lawsuit claiming she illegally copied elements of her holiday megahit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” from a country song of the same name.U.S. District Judge Monica Almadani in Los Angeles in a ruling on Wednesday said the writers of Vince Vance and the Valiants’ “All I Want for Christmas Is You” failed to show their song was objectively similar enough to Carey’s to support their copyright infringement case.Attorneys for the songwriters, lawyers for Carey, and spokespeople for her label, Sony Music, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the decision on Thursday.Vince Vance and the Valiants’ “All I Want for Christmas Is You” was released in 1989 and reached the Billboard country charts during holiday seasons in the 1990s.

Mariah Carey has been cleared in the lawsuit over her 1994 festive classic ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’.The country singer Andy Stone – who performs under the stage name Vince Vance – first filed a suit against Carey in a Los Angeles federal court in November 2023. He alleged that Carey’s song infringed the copyright of his 1989 song of the same name and that the pop singer had exploited his “popularity” and “style”.“If you look at both songs, you can see that about 50 per cent of the words are the same, in almost the same order.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Mariah Carey scored a decisive victory over a 2023 copyright lawsuit from a songwriter who claimed that she stole elements from one of his songs for her classic hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You.” Yesterday, a judge dismissed the copyright suit initially filed by Andy Stone, who performs as Vince Vance, stating that he hadn’t met the burden of proof to show that his 1989 song of the same name was copied.

Mariah Carey over her festive hit ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’.Country singer Andy Stone – who performs under the stage name Vince Vance – filed a complaint last November in a Los Angeles federal court, alleging that Carey’s Christmas hit infringed the copyright of his 1989 song under the same name. He made the same claims in a lawsuit that was dropped in 2022.“If you look at both songs, you can see that about 50 per cent of the words are the same, in almost the same order.

Mariah Carey has been accused of copyright infringement over her 1994 holiday staple "All I Want For Christmas Is You." The lawsuit was brought by Andy Stone a.k.a Vince Vance, a songwriter who claims Carey's song lifts significant elements from a song of the same name released in 1989 by his group Vince Vance & the Valiants. Stone first filed the lawsuit in 2022 before withdrawing it, as Billboard reports.

Mariah Carey is facing another copyright lawsuit over her track ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’.Country singer Andy Stone – who performs under the stage name Vince Vance – filed a complaint yesterday (November 1) in Los Angeles federal court, alleging that Carey’s Christmas hit infringed the copyright of his 1989 song under the same name. He made the same claims in a lawsuit that was dropped this time last year.“If you look at both songs, you can see that about 50 per cent of the words are the same, in almost the same order.

The songwriter who accused Mariah Carey of ripping off her festive hit ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ from an earlier song he wrote of the same name has voluntarily dismissed his song theft lawsuit.Vince Vance sued Carey in June explaining that he co-wrote a song called ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ back in 1989, a version of which was recorded and released, enjoying “extensive airplay”, in 1993. That was the year before Carey released her album ‘Merry Christmas’ on which her much more famous song ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ appears.Carey’s hit, Vance argued, was a derivation of his song, but no permission was ever sought to exploit his work in that way, which means his copyright was infringed.

Mariah Carey is facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit over her 1994 festive classic, "All I Want For Christmas Is You." NBC News reports that New Orleans songwriter Andy Stone is seeking $20 million amid a claim that he co-wrote a song with the same name in 1989, some five years before Carey released her single. Stone’s song was recorded by his country-pop band Vince Vance & the Valiants.

Mariah Carey is known as the Queen of Christmas, but a lawsuit alleges there's a less-than-idyllic backstory to the inception of her iconic holiday jam, «All I Want For Christmas Is You.» Carey is being sued for copyright infringement by songwriter Andy Stone for allegedly taking inspiration from a song he wrote and recorded — by the same name — years before she released the mega-hit in 1994. According to CBS News, Stone filed a civil lawsuit in the Eastern District of Louisiana on Friday against Carey, song co-writer Walter Afanasieff and the Sony music group over alleged «copyright infringement and unjust enrichment» among other reasons, over a song he wrote with the same title five years before Carey's hit was released. Known artistically as Vince Vance and the Valiants, Stone co-wrote and recorded the song in Nashville in 1989 and claims his version of the song got «extensive airplay» and made it to the Billboard charts during the 1993 Christmas season.Stone alleges that Carey and Afanasieff «never sought or obtained permission» for the use of the title «All I Want for Christmas Is You,» and that Stone never gave permission, consent or a license to use the title. The court filing claims that Stone's lawyers first reached out to Carey and the other defendants in April 2021 in regard to «the unauthorized use of the song,» and after «not being able to come to an agreement» about the usage, Stone personally requested to send a cease and desist letter.

Mariah Carey has been sued over her classic festive hit ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, which, musician Vince Vance now argues, infringes the copyright in a song he wrote of the same name.According to Vance’s lawsuit, filed last week, he co-wrote a song called ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ back in 1989, a version of which was recorded and released, enjoying “extensive airplay” in 1993. Carey’s album ‘Merry Christmas’ – on which her song ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ appears – was then released by Sony label Columbia in 1994.

Mariah Carey to have a bad Christmas. It was reported Friday by TMZ that the singer is being sued for at least $20 million for copyright infringement by Andy Stone for her famous song “All I want for Christmas.” The songwriter claims he co-wrote and recorded a song called “All I Want For Christmas Is You” before Carey released her song under the same name that would go down in history.

Mariah Carey has been sued for $20m (£16m) after being asccused of copying hit song “All I Want for Christmas is You”. The singer and her co-songwriter Walter Afansieff have been named in the lawsuit, which has been filed by Andy Stone. Stone, in legal documents filed at the US District Court in the Eastern District of Louisiana, claims that their song was taken from one with the same name he co-wrote for Vince Vance & the Valiants in 1989.

Singer Mariah Carey and her co-songwriter Walter Afansieff have reportedly been named in a lawsuit brought by Andy Stone, who has accused the pair of copying the huge song All I Want for Christmas is You. Mariah, 53, is reportedly being sued for $20 million (£16 million) following claims from Andy that the hit song was taken from a tune with the same name that he wrote for Vince Vance and the Valiants back in 1989.

Mariah Carey is being sued for copyright infringement over her festive hit ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, it has been reported.The pop star originally released the track in 1994 and has gone on to become a modern Christmas classic. In 2019, it hit the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US for the first time, repeating the feat on the Official UK Singles Chart the following year.However, songwriter Andy Stone has now claimed copyright infringement over the song in a new lawsuit.

By Jonathan Stempel(Reuters) - Mariah Carey was sued on Friday over her 1994 Christmas classic "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by a songwriter who said he co-wrote a song with the same title five years earlier. 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 Entertainment for copyright infringement and misappropriation, among other claims. Stone, who performs as Vince Vance with the country-pop band Vince Vance & the Valiants, accused the defendants of having illegally exploited his "popularity and unique style" and caused confusion by recording the newer song without his permission.

Mariah Carey is being sued over her iconic hit holiday song All I Want For Christmas Is You.Another artist, Andy Stone, filed the lawsuit against the five-time Grammy winner, claiming copyright infringement 28 years after she released the Christmas jingle in 1994, according to TMZ.Stone claims to have recorded a holiday-themed song, also titled All I Want For Christmas Is You, several years before Carey dropped her track.Her version went on to top the charts in 26 countries andreportedly earn a whopping $60 million in royalties by 2017, according to The Economist. Songs of the same name: Mariah Carey, 53, is being sued for copyright infringement over her holiday-themed song All I Want For Christmas Is YouStone recorded his song, a country ballad,in Nashville in 1989 under the artist name,Vince Vance & The Valiants, featuring lead vocals from Lisa Burgess Stewart, otherwise known as Lisa Layne.The track went on to chart on the Billboard Hot Country Songs on six separate occasions in the 1990s, and eventually had a music video to accompany it.

Mariah Carey is being sued over her most popular song, “All I Want For Christmas Is You”.

Mariah Carey is being sued by a country artist who alleges her song “All I Want For Christmas Is You” infringes upon his copyright of a song by the same name.

One of the most popular holiday songs of all time is being legally challenged by a country music songwriter who claims copyright infringement over “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”

Queen of Christmas, Mariah Carey, isn’t having a very merry start to the summer. In documents acquired by The Post, Andy Stone, who co-wrote Vince Vance & The Valiants’ country song “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” is suing Carey for copyright infringement — claiming the diva never sought or obtained use of his title for her perennial monster holiday hit. Stone is also coming after Carey’s co-writer on the song, Walter Afanasieff, in the civil suit, which was filed in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana.Stone released his 1989 twangy version — which musically and lyrically sounds nothing like Carey’s pop performance — eight years before Carey changed the holiday season forever in 1994.