Imvumi uMariah Carey wayefunwa e-United States ngezityholo zokwaphulwa kwelungelo lokushicilela ngo-1994 ingoma yakhe yehlabathi jikelele ethi "All I Want for Christmas Is You," ngokwamaphepha enkundla.
Ummangalelwa, imvumi egama linguAndy Stone, uthi wabhala kunye kwaye wabhala ingoma yeholide enenombolo efanayo ngo-1989 kwaye akazange agunyazise ukusetyenziswa kwayo.
Kwisicelo esifakwe ngoLwesihlanu eLouisiana, uStone utyhola ukuba uCarey kunye nombhali-mbhali uWalter Afanasieff "ngokwazi, besazi kwaye ngabom babandakanyeka kwiphulo lokwaphula" amalungelo abo okukhuphela.
Ummangalelwa ubanga i-20 yezigidi zeerandi zomonakalo kwizityholo zelahleko yemali. Ingoma kaCarey yenye yezona zingoma zomculo eziphumelele kakhulu kwixesha lonke, iphakamisa iitshathi kumazwe angaphezu kwamashumi amabini, ngakumbi kumaqela eKrisimesi.
Umxholo uboniswe ngokucacileyo kwi-2003 ye-Christmas-themed romantic comedy 'Love Actually.' Ingoma ithengise iikopi ezizizigidi ezili-16 kwihlabathi jikelele kwaye ixabise uMariah Carey kwimali eyi-60 yezigidi zeerandi kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo.
Ingoma kaStone, ekhutshwe kunye neqela lakhe iVince Vance kunye neValiants, yaba nempumelelo ephakathi kwiitshathi zomculo weBillboard.
Nangona zinezihloko ezifanayo, iingoma zivakala ngokwahlukileyo kwaye zinamagama ahlukeneyo. Nangona kunjalo, u-Stone watyhola uCarey kunye no-Afanasieff ngokuzama "ukuxhaphaza ukuthandwa kunye nesitayela esisodwa" sengoma yabo, ebangela "ukudideka".
Akukacaci ukuba kutheni u-Stone wafaka ityala malunga neminyaka engama-30 emva kokuba uCarey ekhuphe ingoma yakhe. Uxwebhu lwenkundla luthi amagqwetha eStone aqale anxibelelana noCarey kunye no-Afanasieff kunyaka ophelileyo, kodwa amaqela "awakwazanga ukufikelela nasiphi na isivumelwano."
Umbhexeshi kaCarey akazange aphendule ngokukhawuleza kwisicelo se-AFP sokuphawula. Kuqhelekile ukuba iingoma zibe nesihloko esifanayo. Iincwadi ezimalunga ne-177 zidweliswe phantsi komxholo othi 'Yonke into endiyifunayo ngeKrisimesi Nguwe' kwiwebhusayithi yeBureau yase-United States.
