LOS ANGELES, Jan 17 — Ariana Grande and more than a half-dozen songwriters were sued for copyright infringement yesterday by a hip hop artist who says the pop star’s 2019 Grammy-nominated single 7 Rings was plagiarised from a song he recorded two years earlier. Josh Stone, who performs under...
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US singer Ariana Grande at Billboard’s 13th Annual Women In Music event at Pier 36 in New York City on December 6, 2018. — AFP pic LOS ANGELES, Jan 17 — Ariana Grande and more than a half-dozen songwriters were sued for copyright infringement yesterday by a hip hop artist who says the pop star’s 2019 Grammy-nominated singleJosh Stone, who performs under the moniker DOT, says in his lawsuit, filed in US District Court in New York, that “highly regarded musicology experts” have concluded that Grande’s hit copied his song“Indeed any comparative analysis of the beat, lyrics, hook, rhythmic structure, metrical placement and...
The song has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, including record of the year. In addition to Grande, Rogers and Hammerstein, songwriting credits are listed for seven other people on the track, including three producers.in New York in January 2017 and that summer pitched the song to executives with Universal Music Group, including Thomas Brown, who has worked with Grande on all five of her albums.
According to the lawsuit Brown showed interest in the song and told Stone he was “exploring opportunities” for the two men to work together.In addition to monetary damages, Stone seeks to bar Grande from performingGrande, who appeared on Broadway and in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious as a teenager before becoming a top-selling pop star, was expected to perform at the upcoming Grammy Awards.
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