The rights to the song now belong to the huge media and entert | SL: English Every Day

The rights to the song now belong to
the huge media and entertainment group AOL Time Warner. ‘Happy Birthday To You’ is said to earn about $2,000,000 a year in royalties. Sadly, Mildred Hill died in 1916, long before her song became world famous.

Think about her the next time you
blow out the candles on your birthday cake!