American singer Mariah Carey [Courtesy, James Devaney, WireImage]As Mariah Carey reminded us with her pitch-perfect, “It’s time!” announcement on a recent TikTok post, Christmas is around the corner. The celebrated American singer enjoys the success of her popular holiday song All I want For Christmas is You, which has been described as a “million-dollar song.”Now, the legendary singer is being sued over the song- for a second time. A 2016 study in The Economist reported Carey earns about $2.5 million (over Sh 377 million) annually from the song. Last year, the lawsuit, which was nearly identical, claimed that Andy Stone co-wrote and recorded a song called "All I Want For Christmas Is You" a few years before Mariah Carey dropped her famous track with the same title. TMZ reported on the first lawsuit: “Andy claims Mariah and her camp never sought or obtained permission to use that title.

Source: Standard Digital November 03, 2023 00:47 UTC