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#Mariah Carey sued for $20M over ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’

“Mariah Carey sued for $20M over ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You'”

The 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. In the suit, he claims his song got extensive airplay during the 1993 holiday season, a year before Carey released hers.

The Scrooge is suing the “Obsessed” singer for $20 million in damages.

“Plaintiff [Stone] personally requested that Defendants [Carey] cease and desist from further distribution of Plaintiff’s work,” the suit reads in part. “Despite Plaintiff’s request, Defendants continue to exploit Plaintiff’s work ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’, reaping tremendous financial awards and other pecuniary benefits to the detriment of Plaintiff.”

Mariah Carey is being sued for $20 million for her perennial holiday hit "Wall I Want for Christmas Is You." Andy Stone, who co-wrote Vince Vance & The Valiants' country song of the same title, is alleging copyright infringement. Right: A still from the music video for Stone-written tune.
Mariah Carey is being sued for $20 million for her perennial holiday hit “Wall I Want for Christmas Is You.” Andy Stone, who co-wrote Vince Vance & The Valiants’ country song of the same title, is alleging copyright infringement. Right: A still from the music video for Stone-written tune.
FilmMagic; Vince Vance and the Valiants

According to the documents, Carey and Afanasieff “knowingly, willfully, and intentionally engaged in a campaign to infringe Plaintiff’s [Stone’] copyright in the work … to the commercial gain, personal profit and unjust enrichment of the defendants and the irreparable injury and financial loss” of Stone.

Carey’s representative declined to comment when contacted by The Post.

Decades later, streams and radio airplay of Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” continue to stuff her stocking full of cash. The song has over a billion streams on Spotify alone.

According to the lawsuit, Stone is a self-employed artist in the business of performing, selling and licensing his copyrighted music and earns his livelihood from fees received from these activities.

Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is the ultimate gift that keeps on giving, reportedly putting millions in her bank account year after year.
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is the ultimate gift that keeps on giving, reportedly putting millions into her bank account every year.
Mariah Carey

Read the full lawsuit below.

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