Famous singer The Weeknd has reached a settlement on copyright infringement over his 2018 My Dear Melancholy, the song ‘Call Out My Name’, nearly two years after the singer was sued.
In 2021, the Weeknd was sued for copyright infringement over his 2018 My Dear Melancholy, song ‘Call Out My Name’. Producers Suniel Fox and Henry Strange claimed the Weeknd and co-defendants Nicolás Jaar and Frank Dukes had infringed on their song ‘Vibeking’.
The lawsuit claimed that the two songs were ‘strikingly and/or substantially similar, if not identical’ and cited multiple alleged similarities.
Fox and Strange’s attorneys filed in court that the two sides have reached a settlement. Pitchfork has reached out to the Weeknd’s representatives and the producers’ attorneys for comment.
In January, The Weeknd’s hit single ‘Blinding Lights’ became Spotify’s most streamed single of all time. The Weeknd currently has over 94.73 million listeners, a stat that was shared by PopCrave and retweeted by The Weeknd himself.
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He also sang the theme song ‘Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)’ for movie the 2022 film Avatar: The Way Of Water. Among the world’s best-selling music artists with over 75 million records sold, The Weeknd holds several streaming and Billboard chart records.
He is the first artist to simultaneously debut on the top three on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, while ‘Blinding Lights’ is ranked as the greatest Hot 100 song in Billboard history. Often considered as a prominent figure in contemporary popular music, he was listed by Time as one of the world’s most influential people in 2020.
