The battle between singer Mariah Carey and former porn star Mary Carey goes back a long way. The name of the adult film actress is Mary Ellen Cook, however, she decided to have as a stage name one very similar to that of the New York singer.
Things came to a head in 2006 when Mary decided that her name would be a trademark that only she could use, i.e. Mary Carey, something that made the singer of the legendary Christmas song quite furious.
Likewise, the New York singer threatened the porn actress with legal action. The reason given by the singer was that her followers could be confused by their names. On this controversy, Mary gave these statements to AVN.com: “It seems like a joke that an artist as popular as Mariah feels that her millions of fans might buy an adult DVD of Mary Carey instead of a copy of ‘The emancipation of MiMi’ because they have been confused by the name. Does she really think her fans are so distracted?”
This story between kind people has become popular again after in 2022, Mariah Carey wanted to have the exclusive rights to ‘Queen of Christmas’ to use it for commercial purposes. This was denied by the Patent Office
This is Mariah Carey’s financial benefit with ‘All I Want For Christmas’
Although it’s good news for the singer that this definition doesn’t need to be registered with the Patent Office, she is one of the queens of Christmas.
Her song ‘All I Want For Christmas’ has been the anthem of the holiday season since 1994, when it was released. This continues to bring great economic benefit to the singer. According to The Economist and Forbes, Mariah Carey earns $2.5 million every year from this song.
The New York Post claims that even $500,000 more. In addition, according to information from Forbes, since 1994 Carey would have earned a total of $60 million for that song.