![]() So far, it looks like Bruno and Anderson are on track to own our first post-pandemic summer. “WE GONE BE SINGIN THIS ALL YEAR!!! YALL MIGHT NEVER GET THE ALBUM!!” Bruno’s cohort Anderson Paak wrote on Twitter. The single returned to the Billboard Hot 100 charts on Wednesday, and the video, to date, has been viewed more than 200 million times. Outside of making history, the one half of Silk Sonic is currently enjoying his time watching “Leave The Door Open” climb the charts and dominate summer radio. Fewer than 60 Diamond Single Awards have ever been awarded – and Bruno now has 5 of them!” “What Bruno has accomplished is just extraordinary. “This milestone is a testament to Bruno’s unstoppable creative genius and the incredible partnership he has built with the team at Atlantic Records,” Mitch Glazier, Chairman, and CEO of the RIAA praised in a statement. L FLO RIOA POE BOY/ATLANTIC '11 MARRY YOU BRUNO MARS ELEKTRA (APBD/NIELSEN). 1:23-cv-00281.įor the heirs: Michael Steger of the Law Offices of Michael D.To break it down a little further, “Just the Way You Are” has been certified 12-times platinum, “Uptown Funk!” and “When I Was Your Man” have been certified 11-times platinum, and “That’s What I Like” and “Grenade" has been certified 10-times platinum. CHRISTINA AGUILEHA A&M/OCTONE 4 SOMEONE LIKE YOU ADELE XL 5 WITHOUT You. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. The heirs asked the court for an unspecified amount of money damages. The complaint said Ronnie and Robert's heirs reclaimed their copyright interests from Minder in 2016, and that BMG breached the agreement by "failing and refusing" to make payments to them despite "repeated demands." The lawsuit said Minder signed an agreement with BMG, Universal Music and others in 2015 that entitled Ronnie and Robert each to 3.4% of the copyright in "Uptown Funk." Robert and Ronnie Wilson's composition rights in the Gap Band's song were assigned to a company called Minder Music Ltd. Robert died in 2010, and Ronnie died in 2021. Tulsa, Oklahoma brothers Charlie, Robert and Ronnie Wilson formed the Gap Band in 1967. "Uptown Funk" was also the subject of previous copyright lawsuits, since settled or dismissed, based on its alleged resemblance to songs by electro-funk groups Zapp and Collage and rap group The Sequence. ![]() The heirs separately sued Mars and Ronson in Oklahoma in 2021 before dropping the case last year. Representatives for BMG did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. The heirs' attorney Mike Steger said Friday that the Wilson family has been "working for years to reclaim their rights in their musical works and to obtain credit for their contributions to 'Uptown Funk,'" and that it is "unfortunate that BMG refused to respond to our clients' repeated requests for payment of or even information about the monies they are owed." (Reuters) - The heirs of Gap Band members Robert and Ronnie Wilson have sued BMG Rights Management in Manhattan federal court, alleging the music publisher has not been paying royalties for their credits on Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson's 2014 hit song "Uptown Funk."īMG breached a contract that entitled the heirs to part of the composition copyright in "Uptown Funk," which incorporates elements of the Gap Band's 1979 song "I Don't Believe You Want to Get Up and Dance (Oops Upside Your Head)," according to the complaint. Bruno Mars hit has been subject of multiple copyright lawsuits.Gap Band heirs say publisher BMG has not paid their 'Uptown Funk' share.
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