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A judge in America has thrown out a lawsuit against Taylor Swift, quoting the lyrics to some of her biggest songs. She was being sued for £27 million for allegedly stealing the lyrics for her song Shake It Off. US R&B singer Jesse Braham claims Swift stole the words from a song he wrote in 2013 called Haters Gone Hate. But US district court judge Gail Standish disagreed and took up […]
With estimated earnings of $135m (£88m) in the last year alone, Katy Perry has been named the best-paid female musician by Forbes. She beats US rival Taylor Swift, whose earnings of $80m (£52m) put her in second place. Completing the top three is Fleetwood Mac. The return of Christine McVie and their On With The Show tour helped the band make $59.5m (£38.7m). Admittedly, this is a band that has […]
Taylor Swift is being sued for $42m (£27m) for allegedly stealing the lyrics to her hit 2014 song Shake It Off. US R&B singer Jesse Braham has claimed in legal papers Swift stole the words from a song he wrote in 2013 called Haters Gone Hate. As well as the monetary compensation, Mr Braham also wants his name added as a writer on the track. Representatives for Swift have yet […]
Calvin Harris has kept his title as the world's highest-paid DJ for the third year in a row. Harris made £41.8 ($66m), according to Forbes' latest rich list - the electronic cash kings 2015. For the last two years the 31-year-old's earnings have totalled the same amount. In second place is David Guetta on around half of Harris' earnings on £23.4m ($37m) with Tiesto in third spot on £22.8m ($36m). […]
Taylor Swift has apologised to Nicki Minaj following their Twitter row over the MTV VMA nominations. The singer's admitted she misunderstood Nicki's initial tweets, which attacked the music industry for favouring white females. "I thought I was being called out. I missed the point, then misspoke, I'm sorry, Nicki," Taylor wrote. Nicki has accepted her apology by tweeting back: "That means so much Taylor, thank you." It all started after […]
Nicola Roberts says it's important that smaller songwriters are acknowledged by big music companies. The former Girls Aloud singer made the comments when asked about Taylor Swift's recent letter to Apple. Apple wasn't going to pay artists during their free three-month trial streaming period. But they are now. "We have so many talented writers. Companies need to understand that smaller writers also need to be supported." "Younger writers and smaller […]
Taylor Swift has swept the board at the Billboard music awards, winning eight of the 14 categories in which she was nominated. Among her prizes were best female artist, best streaming song for Shake It Off and the ceremony's top honour, artist of the year. British star Sam Smith won best new artist - and accepted his trophy using flash cards after having vocal surgery. But Kanye West was booed […]
Musicians including Kanye West, Jack White, Rihanna, Madonna and Coldplay are uniting behind Jay Z's "artist-friendly" streaming site, Tidal. They all turned their Twitter profiles teal blue, to reflect Tidal's branding, on Sunday night. The site launches on Monday, promising CD-quality streaming and thousands of music videos, for a subscription fee. Taylor Swift, who pulled her catalogue off Spotify last November, is among those to feature on the service. Her […]
British musicians enjoyed the biggest share of album sales in the UK in 2014, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has announced. Artists including Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Paloma Faith had more than half (53.5%) of all UK sales, according to Official Charts Company data. The last time British artists like Spice Girls, Oasis and The Verve dominated the chart in such numbers was 1997. Taylor Swift was the biggest […]
