{"id":2211732,"date":"2025-12-25T09:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T09:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2211732"},"modified":"2025-12-25T09:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T09:52:35","slug":"mariah-carey-awarded-over-92k-from-dismissal-of-christmas-song-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mariah-carey-awarded-over-92k-from-dismissal-of-christmas-song-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariah Carey awarded over $92K from dismissal of Christmas song case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After a judge dismissed a copyright lawsuit filed against the singer earlier this year, Mariah Carey was recently awarded over $92,000 to go towards her legal fees in the case. <\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Andy Stone of Louisiana and Troy Powers of Tennessee filed the $20 million lawsuit alleging that Carey\u2019s 1994 song, which has since become a holiday standard and annual streaming sensation, infringed the copyright of their country 1989 song with the same title.<\/p>\n<p>They were seeking $20 million in damages and a trial by jury, but a federal judge in Los Angeles dismissed the case in March, stating it lacked evidence. <\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED STORY | <\/b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/mariah-carey-didnt-steal-her-hit-song-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-judge-rules\"><b>Mariah Carey didn&#8217;t steal her hit song &#8216;All I Want for Christmas Is You,&#8217; judge rules<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, Stone and Powers have been ordered to pay Carey and other defendants in the case. <\/p>\n<p>This comes as Carey&#8217;s hit Christmas song has broken more records, spending more weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 than any song in history, hitting its 20th week atop the chart.<\/p>\n<p>Released in 1993, the song didn\u2019t reach No. 1 until 2019, thanks to the rise of music streaming. It has returned to the top spot every year since.<\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED STORY | <\/b><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scrippsnews.com\/entertainment\/music\/mariah-careys-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-sets-new-record-with-20-weeks-at-no-1\"><b>Mariah Carey\u2019s \u2018All I Want for Christmas Is You\u2019 sets new record with 20 weeks at No. 1<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n        appId : '831625585470146',\n    xfbml : true,\n    version : 'v2.9'\n    });\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id){\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n    js.async = true;\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.scrippsnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a judge dismissed a copyright lawsuit filed against the singer earlier this year, Mariah Carey was recently awarded over $92,000 to go towards her legal fees in the case. 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