Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Shots Fired!! Songwriter Accuses Rihanna,Kanye And Justin Bieber Of Stealing Songwriting Credit

Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Kanye West reportedly deserve no songwriting credits for the songs they recorded. Sparking the credit 'fraud' allegation was songwriter Heather Bright when she talked about working with big stars in a recent interview with Free-Wired.

"Rihanna takes publishing, Justin Bieber takes publishing, Kanye West takes publishing,"
Heather said. "On all the stuff that they don't write, they take publishing." She has songwriting credit in Justin's song "Somebody to Love" along with The Stereotypes.

When pressed with question on how the Canadian pop idol finally has his name as one of the songwriters, Heather said, "Umm... How did he get a writing credit on it? That's an interesting question." She added with a laugh, "I don't know."

As to why those stars don't write their own songs, she said, "You can't be Rihanna and be producing and writing records. You just can't be doing that. You just won't have time. All the appearances, the performances, and the 'this,' and the 'that,' you gotta show up to record, you gotta promote the album, go on tour."

After blasting RiRi, Justin and Kanye, Heather showed her respect for Lady GaGa as one of the few artists who really penned her own songs. She gushed, "It's amazing that they can find time to write! They have to write on tour, all of those artists who actually write!"

In her own blog, Heather also praised Britney Spears for not trying to "take something that wasn't hers." She co-wrote "Femme Fatale" track "Trouble for Me", and praised Britney's crew:
“I would just like to address one thing! The media is talking trash about how Britney didn’t write any of the songs on her album … HELLO! Wake up everybody! NONE OF THESE ARTISTS WRITE THEIR OWN SONGS!!!!!! (there are a few exceptions … lady gaga, will.i.am/BEP, chris brown is starting to write a lot of his own stuff … ummmm … and now I’m running out of artists). Anyway … here’s my thing … and I feel VERY passionate about this issue. Britney could have come to me, like all these other A-list artists, and said …

“‘Hey, you wanna be on my album? I’m gonna need writing credit for that song AND part of your publishing even though I didn’t write anything! And then I’m gonna go on tour and gross $150 million in ticket sales and not give you any of that, even though I’m performing your song!’

“I could rattle off a laundry list of artists who I’ve had that conversation with! And I’m on the other end like … ‘Oh okay … so you wanna rape me, but just with the tip?!’ *Prince side eye* Britney’s one of the few artists I’ve worked with who didn’t try to take something that wasn’t hers. In my experience, from a business standpoint, her entire team is nothing less than a bonafide class act!”

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