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For many, it's impossible to think about Barbie - or the upcoming Barbie movie - without also thinking about the hit song "Barbie Girl." The single, released by Danish-Norwegian band Aqua in 1997 ...
The song was produced by the Danish group in 1997 and made it onto Top 40 music charts. In the song, a female singer impersonates Barbie, using a high-pitched doll-like voice, and another band ...
Mattel sued MCA Records over the song, but a judge dismissed the lawsuit. "Barbie Girl" is now being revived in Greta Gerwig's film with a performance by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice.
"Barbie World," by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice, is part of the new "Barbie" movie soundtrack. But Mattel actually sued over Aqua's original "Barbie Girl" song back in 1997.
In the United States, the first amendment and the laws that follow provides robust protections to parodies. This was something Mattel, the toymakers behind Barbie, learned firsthand in Mattel, Inc ...
After “Barbie Girl” became a phenomenon in 1997, selling over 1.4 million copies in the U.S. and staying at #1 in the U.K. singles charts for four weeks, Mattel filed a lawsuit against MCA ...
As fans quickly realized, the trailer was absent what, for many, is the most iconic of songs associated with Barbie — Aqua’s 1997 hit “Barbie Girl”. However, it turns out the song will ...
Many fans were disappointed that Aqua’s hit song “Barbie Girl” wasn’t used in the trailer. Now, a new fan edit from HYTT Films on.
The makers of the Barbie doll lost out in a federal appeals court in San Francisco today in their bid to pursue a trademark infringement lawsuit over a song called "Barbie Girl" by a Danish rock ...