in 2009 this singer seemed to be living
the dream by 2016 she was caught up in a
nightmare
welcome to watchmojo.com and breakdown
news stories that might be on your radar
in this installment we’re counting down
ten crucial facts you should know about
the situation between pop star Kesha and
record producer dr. Luke number 10 what
is the current situation between Kesha
and dr. Luke unfair a nineteen twenty
sixteen a New York judge ruled against
the musician Kesha as part of an ongoing
legal battle with her longtime producer
dr. Luke the failed preliminary
injunction which would have allowed
Kesha to record music with other
producers and labels is part of a
lengthy lawsuit that was launched in
2014 in which the nashville singer
alleges that dr. Luke has violently
emotionally and sexually abused her
throughout her 10-year career of working
with him the counter-argument claims
that the singers accusations are
motivated by money however and the case
has highlighted how tangled and messy
contracts in the music industry can be
number 9 what is the lawsuit against dr.
Luke about Cash’s main objective is to
escape her contract with Sony Music
which she first signed in 2005 just
after her 18th birthday as of February
2016 she’s contractually obliged to
record six albums with dr. Luke Sony own
label Kemosabe records but the singer
want out up until the lawsuit the pair
had worked together for Kesha’s first
two records the debut album animal and
follow-up warrior
but Ke$ha now alleges that she has been
subject to consistent abuse by dr. Luke
you-know-who superstone and that he
constantly compromised her artistic
integrity especially in relation to the
writing of warrior isaia in the club
shall we test lab number eight what was
the past relationship between Kesha and
dr. Luke his sense of malady is just
it’s like a gift from God it’s bizarre
in terms of commercial achievement the
Ke$ha Luke relationship inspired massive
early success the singer’s ultra catchy
dance pop sound was typify by her debut
single tick-tock
which taught Billboard for nine weeks
and became the best-selling single
worldwide in 2010 shifting twelve point
eight million copies there are past
examples of problems between performer
and producer however including Ke$ha
claiming in 2011 that she was forced to
sing controversial lyrics on her single
die young the accusations of abuse
leveled against loop began to gather
weight in September 2013 when a fan of
Kesha’s Rebecca Himmel set up a petition
to free Kesha
from the producer number seven who is
dr. Luke born Lukesh gottwald
dr. Luke entered into the music industry
in the late 90s performing as lead
guitarist and the house band on Saturday
Night Live he first established himself
as a prominent producer in 2004 when he
worked on Kelly Clarkson’s smash hit
debut single since you’ve been gone
his back catalogue is brimful with some
of the most successful pop songs of the
21st century including girlfriend by
Avril Lavigne I kissed a girl by Katy
Perry and party in the USA by Miley
Cyrus
he was nominated for the producer of the
Year Grammy both in 2011 and 2014 number
six what is the injunction about do you
think it’ll be an easy case to win the
February 19th 2016 decision deny Kesha
an injunction which would have allowed
her to record new music without Kemosabe
records and Sony while her legal battle
with Luc continues allegations of sexual
abuse aside the singer is trying to
restart her career and hopefully right
but it’s currently impossible for her to
do so Sony and dr. Luke have said that
Kesha can work with another producer
under the Sony umbrella in order to
fulfill her contract but the artist
believes it to be an empty offer which
would see her career crumble regardless
away from Sony she has already received
other recording offers with Zedd and
Jack Antonoff with the latter even
tweeting if you want to make something
together and then leak it for everyone
I’m around number 5 what was the
Superior Court’s decision regarding the
lawsuit the New York Supreme Court’s
decision to go against Kesha was issued
by justice shirley Kornreich in
delivering the verdict Kornreich said
you’re asking the court to decimate a
contract that was heavily negotiated and
typical for the industry something which
she felt unable to fairly and legally do
my instinct is to do the commercially
reasonable thing said Kornreich to
further explain the decision the
allegations of abuse are in no way
addressed with this particular ruling
however as it only relates to Cash’s
right to work and record elsewhere
number four who is supporting Kesha
Kesha have you got a message for your
fans over to the courthouse right now
my everything and I could have
around 50 fans gathered outside of the
Manhattan courthouse on February 19th
2016 carrying banners and singing Kesha
hits as well as demonstrating outside of
Sony’s New York headquarters to protest
Lady Gaga has offered her continual
support asking on Instagram why is the
victim always the liar and a wealth of
other artists have gotten behind the
singer including Miley Cyrus Demi Lovato
Adele who spoke during a Brit Awards
acceptance speech and I delight to take
this moment to publicly support Kesha
and Taylor Swift who donated $250,000 to
Ke$ha for legal costs the pro Kesha
stance has also been united on social
media by the trending hashtag free Kesha
number 3 who is supporting dr. Luke
support for dr. Luke has not been as
widespread but crucially the producer
does retain some backing from Sony
although Sony insists it’s doing
everything it can to support the artists
in these circumstances the company
hasn’t severed links with Luke either
Kesha supporters believe that Sony has
valued money over morality in this
instance as the company has also been
attacked on social media via the
trending hashtag Sony supports rape on
the other hand Sony insists that it’s
unable to free Kesha from her contract
with Luke even if it wanted to
saying it is legally unable to terminate
the contract to which it is not a party
number to have these types of lawsuits
happen before Cash’s case is extremely
high-profile in light of its sexual
abuse allegations but convoluted
contractual disputes are reasonably
commonplace in the music industry in
2015 Rita Ora sued rock nation in an
attempt to free herself from what was
described as a political quagmire of
dysfunction
in March 2014 a melee of Evanescence was
granted her artistic freedom after years
of working under the constraints of
wind-up records upon the development she
tweeted I have wanted this for so long
and I am so happy
and one time tween superstar Jojo suit
black round and a family records in 2013
after her once promising career suffered
irreparable damage and majorly stalled
after just two albums
number one who will win this lawsuit
there are two major strands to this case
firstly Kesha is accusing dr. Luke of
rape and abuse the investigation into
those claims is ongoing and could last
for years more there was a consistent
pattern of emotional psychological and
financial abuse secondly the singer is
trying to rid herself of a contract that
not only ties her to the man she’s
leveling abuse allegations toward but
because of which she can’t record music
elsewhere and continue her career the
February 19th decision underlines how
ruthlessly inflexible the music world
can be it seems that unless dr. Luke is
found guilty of abusing Kesha the power
will always sit with him and Sony
because of the financial investment that
the label has in the singer proverbial
opinion may claim that money isn’t
everything but the law can not side with
Kesha
unless illegality of any sort is proven
did these facts get you thinking to vote
for which news story is covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
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every week
the dream by 2016 she was caught up in a
nightmare
welcome to watchmojo.com and breakdown
news stories that might be on your radar
in this installment we’re counting down
ten crucial facts you should know about
the situation between pop star Kesha and
record producer dr. Luke number 10 what
is the current situation between Kesha
and dr. Luke unfair a nineteen twenty
sixteen a New York judge ruled against
the musician Kesha as part of an ongoing
legal battle with her longtime producer
dr. Luke the failed preliminary
injunction which would have allowed
Kesha to record music with other
producers and labels is part of a
lengthy lawsuit that was launched in
2014 in which the nashville singer
alleges that dr. Luke has violently
emotionally and sexually abused her
throughout her 10-year career of working
with him the counter-argument claims
that the singers accusations are
motivated by money however and the case
has highlighted how tangled and messy
contracts in the music industry can be
number 9 what is the lawsuit against dr.
Luke about Cash’s main objective is to
escape her contract with Sony Music
which she first signed in 2005 just
after her 18th birthday as of February
2016 she’s contractually obliged to
record six albums with dr. Luke Sony own
label Kemosabe records but the singer
want out up until the lawsuit the pair
had worked together for Kesha’s first
two records the debut album animal and
follow-up warrior
but Ke$ha now alleges that she has been
subject to consistent abuse by dr. Luke
you-know-who superstone and that he
constantly compromised her artistic
integrity especially in relation to the
writing of warrior isaia in the club
shall we test lab number eight what was
the past relationship between Kesha and
dr. Luke his sense of malady is just
it’s like a gift from God it’s bizarre
in terms of commercial achievement the
Ke$ha Luke relationship inspired massive
early success the singer’s ultra catchy
dance pop sound was typify by her debut
single tick-tock
which taught Billboard for nine weeks
and became the best-selling single
worldwide in 2010 shifting twelve point
eight million copies there are past
examples of problems between performer
and producer however including Ke$ha
claiming in 2011 that she was forced to
sing controversial lyrics on her single
die young the accusations of abuse
leveled against loop began to gather
weight in September 2013 when a fan of
Kesha’s Rebecca Himmel set up a petition
to free Kesha
from the producer number seven who is
dr. Luke born Lukesh gottwald
dr. Luke entered into the music industry
in the late 90s performing as lead
guitarist and the house band on Saturday
Night Live he first established himself
as a prominent producer in 2004 when he
worked on Kelly Clarkson’s smash hit
debut single since you’ve been gone
his back catalogue is brimful with some
of the most successful pop songs of the
21st century including girlfriend by
Avril Lavigne I kissed a girl by Katy
Perry and party in the USA by Miley
Cyrus
he was nominated for the producer of the
Year Grammy both in 2011 and 2014 number
six what is the injunction about do you
think it’ll be an easy case to win the
February 19th 2016 decision deny Kesha
an injunction which would have allowed
her to record new music without Kemosabe
records and Sony while her legal battle
with Luc continues allegations of sexual
abuse aside the singer is trying to
restart her career and hopefully right
but it’s currently impossible for her to
do so Sony and dr. Luke have said that
Kesha can work with another producer
under the Sony umbrella in order to
fulfill her contract but the artist
believes it to be an empty offer which
would see her career crumble regardless
away from Sony she has already received
other recording offers with Zedd and
Jack Antonoff with the latter even
tweeting if you want to make something
together and then leak it for everyone
I’m around number 5 what was the
Superior Court’s decision regarding the
lawsuit the New York Supreme Court’s
decision to go against Kesha was issued
by justice shirley Kornreich in
delivering the verdict Kornreich said
you’re asking the court to decimate a
contract that was heavily negotiated and
typical for the industry something which
she felt unable to fairly and legally do
my instinct is to do the commercially
reasonable thing said Kornreich to
further explain the decision the
allegations of abuse are in no way
addressed with this particular ruling
however as it only relates to Cash’s
right to work and record elsewhere
number four who is supporting Kesha
Kesha have you got a message for your
fans over to the courthouse right now
my everything and I could have
around 50 fans gathered outside of the
Manhattan courthouse on February 19th
2016 carrying banners and singing Kesha
hits as well as demonstrating outside of
Sony’s New York headquarters to protest
Lady Gaga has offered her continual
support asking on Instagram why is the
victim always the liar and a wealth of
other artists have gotten behind the
singer including Miley Cyrus Demi Lovato
Adele who spoke during a Brit Awards
acceptance speech and I delight to take
this moment to publicly support Kesha
and Taylor Swift who donated $250,000 to
Ke$ha for legal costs the pro Kesha
stance has also been united on social
media by the trending hashtag free Kesha
number 3 who is supporting dr. Luke
support for dr. Luke has not been as
widespread but crucially the producer
does retain some backing from Sony
although Sony insists it’s doing
everything it can to support the artists
in these circumstances the company
hasn’t severed links with Luke either
Kesha supporters believe that Sony has
valued money over morality in this
instance as the company has also been
attacked on social media via the
trending hashtag Sony supports rape on
the other hand Sony insists that it’s
unable to free Kesha from her contract
with Luke even if it wanted to
saying it is legally unable to terminate
the contract to which it is not a party
number to have these types of lawsuits
happen before Cash’s case is extremely
high-profile in light of its sexual
abuse allegations but convoluted
contractual disputes are reasonably
commonplace in the music industry in
2015 Rita Ora sued rock nation in an
attempt to free herself from what was
described as a political quagmire of
dysfunction
in March 2014 a melee of Evanescence was
granted her artistic freedom after years
of working under the constraints of
wind-up records upon the development she
tweeted I have wanted this for so long
and I am so happy
and one time tween superstar Jojo suit
black round and a family records in 2013
after her once promising career suffered
irreparable damage and majorly stalled
after just two albums
number one who will win this lawsuit
there are two major strands to this case
firstly Kesha is accusing dr. Luke of
rape and abuse the investigation into
those claims is ongoing and could last
for years more there was a consistent
pattern of emotional psychological and
financial abuse secondly the singer is
trying to rid herself of a contract that
not only ties her to the man she’s
leveling abuse allegations toward but
because of which she can’t record music
elsewhere and continue her career the
February 19th decision underlines how
ruthlessly inflexible the music world
can be it seems that unless dr. Luke is
found guilty of abusing Kesha the power
will always sit with him and Sony
because of the financial investment that
the label has in the singer proverbial
opinion may claim that money isn’t
everything but the law can not side with
Kesha
unless illegality of any sort is proven
did these facts get you thinking to vote
for which news story is covered next
head over to watchmojo.com slash suggest
and be sure to hit that subscribe button
for more newsworthy top 10s published
every week
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