Woyimba Mariah Carey amafunidwa ku United States chifukwa chophwanya ufulu wawo ndi nyimbo yake yapadziko lonse ya 1994 "All I Want for Christmas Is You," malinga ndi zikalata za khothi.
Woimbidwa mlandu, woimba dzina lake Andy Stone, akuti adalembanso ndikujambula nyimbo yatchuthi ya nambala yomweyi mu 1989 ndipo sanalole kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito.
M'makalata omwe adaperekedwa Lachisanu ku Louisiana, Stone akuti Carey ndi wolemba mnzake Walter Afanasieff "modziwa, mwadala komanso mwadala adachita nawo kampeni yophwanya" kukopera kwawo.
Woimbidwa mlanduyo akuti awononge ndalama zokwana $20 miliyoni chifukwa chakuwonongeka kwachuma. Nyimbo ya Carey ndi imodzi mwa nyimbo zopambana kwambiri nthawi zonse, zomwe zimapanga ma chart m'mayiko oposa makumi awiri, makamaka pa maphwando a Khirisimasi.
Mutuwu udawonekera kwambiri mu sewero lachikondi la 2003 lachikondi la 'Love Actually.' Nyimboyi idagulitsa makope 16 miliyoni padziko lonse lapansi ndipo idapatsa Mariah Carey ndalama zokwana $60 miliyoni pazaka khumi zapitazi.
Nyimbo ya Stone, yotulutsidwa ndi gulu lake Vince Vance and the Valiants, idachita bwino kwambiri pama chart a nyimbo za dziko la Billboard.
Ngakhale zili ndi mitu yofanana, nyimbozo zimamveka mosiyana komanso zimakhala ndi mawu osiyanasiyana. Komabe, Stone adadzudzula Carey ndi Afanasieff poyesa "kugwiritsa ntchito kutchuka ndi mawonekedwe apadera" a nyimbo yawo, zomwe zimayambitsa "chisokonezo".
Sizikudziwika chifukwa chake Stone adasumira mlanduwu pafupifupi zaka 30 Carey atatulutsa nyimbo yake. Chikalata cha khothi chimanena kuti maloya a Stone adalumikizana koyamba ndi Carey ndi Afanasieff chaka chatha, koma maphwando "sanathe kukwaniritsa mgwirizano."
Wofalitsa wa Carey sanayankhe pempho la AFP kuti apereke ndemanga. Si zachilendo kuti nyimbo zikhale ndi mutu womwewo. Zolemba 177 zandandalikidwa pamutu wakuti 'Zonse Zomwe Ndikufuna Pa Khrisimasi Ndi Inu' patsamba la United States Authors Bureau.
