A California jury has decided that Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” is a copyright infringement.

The lawsuit was brought by Christian rapper Marcus Gray who claimed that Katy Perry’s copied his track Joyful Noise’ – and that the Dr. Luke-produced song took the beat.

Perry and Luke insisted they had never heard of the modest hit ‘Joyful Noise’. He said Perry or Luke could have heard the track on YouTube or MySpace. Perry and Luke pointed out the fact that rappers beat he used was preexisting material. Regardless, they lost!

Do the two tracks sound exactly the same? Listen for yourself here.

17 year old Mavenne releases the new track Faraway Far.  As time goes on she is solidifying herself as a solid songwriter. Pulling influences from Lana Del Rey, Halsey, and Marina & The Diamonds, the singer-songwriter & producer started writing at the age of 9. She is currently working on a forthcoming album. Check out the video here.

Indie pop artist Ryan Edmond releases ‘From The Start‘. The song sounds like a indie smash. The singer-songwriter hails from Australia who now lives Sweden. The debut single was produced by Craig Harnath (Motor Ace, Jet) and Jez Giddings (Paul Dempsey, The Living End).
Press: Clash Magazine, Pilerats, Somethingyousaid and Forte Mag
Radio: Added to triple j Unearthed rotation
Live: Performing club shows and festivals across the UK and Europe.

DJ Marshmello is on a hot streak. He signed with WME for representation and the top Spotify global artist also landed a historic $60 million Las Vegas residency 2 year deal.

His third release is comfortably sitting at No. 4 on the Dance/Electronic Albums chart and his smash hit “Happier” with Bastille is charting at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs.

To top it off, he collaborated with Stuffed Puffs and sold a million bags of chocolate filled marshmallows at Walmart in less than 24 hours.

Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has become the oldest music video to top 1 billion YouTube views. Queen’s most popular song was never supposed to be released. Their music label at the time thought it was too long and couldn’t make out the song. Queen took it upon themselves to get the song heard.

“We are honoured that ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ has just hit one billion views on YouTube,” says Brian May and Roger Taylor.

The band just released a new remastered version of the original song, which premiered on “Top of the Pops” in England in November 1975.