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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 26: Darlene Love attends the 74th Annual TonyAwards at Winter Garden Theater on September 26, 2021 in New York City. (Photoby Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions); NEW YORK,NEW YORK – JANUARY 13: Mariah Carey attends the premiere of Tyler Perry’s “AFall From Grace” at Metrograph on January 13, 2020 in New York City. (Photo byDimitrios Kambouris/WireImage)
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Darlene Love is looking to collaborate on Christmas music with Mariah Carey!
Months after Love publicly questioned Carey’s attempt to trademark “Queen ofChristmas” for her own use, the 81-year-old vocalist is ready to move forwardand record a brand-new duet version of her holiday classic “Christmas (BabyPlease Come Home) )” alongside the “All I Want for Christmas Is You”superstar.
“That’s her wishlist for 2023, to invite Mariah to rerecord the song with herin the studio,” Love’s rep, Len Evans, tells PEOPLE, noting that his clienthas always “loved” Carey but “didn’t understand” her attempt to trademark the”Queen of Christmas” title.
When news that the 52-year-old “Hero” singer filed an application with the USPatent and Trademark Office to legally market herself as the “Queen ofChristmas” broke in August, Love took to Facebook to express her thoughts.
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“Is it true that Mariah Carey trademarked ‘Queen of Christmas’?” she asked> in a Facebook post at the time. “What does that mean, that I can’t use that> title?”
Known for holiday staples such as “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” “AllAlone on Christmas” from Home Alone 2: Alone in New York and “Christmastimefor the Jews” from Saturday NightLive Love then wrote, “David Lettermanofficially declared me the Queen of Christmas 29 years ago, a year before shereleased ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You,’ and at 81 years of age I’m NOTchanging anything.”
(Last month, fellow notable Christmas performer Elizabeth Chan announced theUS Trademark Trial and Appeal Board blocked Carey’s attempt of owning theexclusive rights to the title, along with her attempts to trademark “PrincessChristmas” and “QOC.”)
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Earlier this month, the 5-time Grammy winner praised Love in an Instagramvideo.
In the clip, Carey reflected on recording a cover of “Christmas (Baby PleaseCome Home)” for her iconic 1994 Merry Christmas album and called Love the”Queen of Christmas.”
“I listened to that song every year — like, every year — and it was an homageto Darlene Love, the Queen of Christmas, Darlene Love, that we love!” saidCarey. “We live for her. She can have that title forever. Like, we love thatsong.”
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Since the video was posted, the remaining shows on Love’s holiday concert> tour have completely sold out, Evans tells PEOPLE, and Carey’s fans have> expressed immense support for Love.
“The last couple of shows that she was doing, they sold out right away, and acouple of the Mariah fans actually stood outside and wanted to get pictureswith her,” he says. “They said, ‘Hey, we didn’t like you, but we love younow,’ and she was just happy to hear that this was all ended on a verypositive note … Now, she loves [Carey] even more.”
Love would like to join forces with Carey for a new version of “Christmas(Baby Please Come Home) — aka the ultimate Christmas collaboration.” Darlenesaid, ‘Oh my God, maybe I should record this with her.’ Who knows, maybe nextyear we’ll see them together on the stage,” says Evans. “Darlene would love todo anything with her in 2023.”
Looking forward, he says Love would like to act as Carey’s “Queen mother”throughout the holiday season: “She says, ‘I will hand her the Christmasthrone, and we will be there to support each other.”