AVICII GETS HIS NAME ON LEONA'S SLEEVE...

Just a couple of weeks after Swede Avicii took UK pop-warbler Leona Lewis to court for copyright infringement, the former foes are now sharing co-author credits like old buddies.

After some legal wrangling between Lewis’s record label Syco and Ministry Of Sound in Avicii’s corner, an agreement was met and the (formerly) offending single Collide is forging on to an early September release.

Interestingly, the official video and single cover sleeve revealed over the weekend see Leona Lewis and Avicii both given top billing (see above)

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AVICII - 1, LEONA - 0...

Leona Lewis might need to get herself another new single for the first offering of her upcoming third studio album. The former winner of "The X Factor" was recently forced to remove her newly-released song "Collide" from radio playlists due to copyright infringement accusation.

The removal was made shortly after complaint was filed by Avicii in a London court re. plagiarism of his track 'Fade Into Darkness'. His label Ministry of Sound issued a statement regarding the legal action, "Avicii is an up-and-coming talent; we think he should be given a fair crack at making this record the hit it deserves to be."

When Leona was hit with the plagiarism allegation last month, she was quick to deny it. "With regards to my song, avicii was aware & agreeing publishing splits for himself and his manager," she informed her Twitter followers in response to the controversy.

The song's producer Sandy Vee also voiced his denial, stating that the DJ was actually listed on the song credit. He tweeted, "Talk only if you know what u r talking about....if not shut up. FYI , check the credits, u will find Tim Berg, Autumn and I."

However, Tim had a different story which contradicted Leona and Sandy's statements. He posted on his own Twitter page, "To be clear im not taking credit for the melody (everything was cleared with penguin cafe orchestra and simon jeffes who wrote the song)."

Whatever the outcome of the case though, the clear victor will be the Penguin Café Orchestra which will be getting big cash either way. Swag.

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AFROJACK & AVICII TO FEATURE ON GUETTA'S NEW ALBUM...

As he enthused last month, the new David Guetta album 'Nothing But The Beat' promises a lot of David Guetta. With two discs and 21 tracks, it’s the Frenchman’s attempt to straddle commercial radio, club dancefloors and even the bags of “the most credible DJs on the planet”. It’s all part of the Guetta game-plan.

“People going after-hours tripping on my music, that’s my challenge,” he muses in the album’s press release. “And I want to have everybody together with my music playing in the gay clubs and on mainstream radio, my music playing on urban radios and on pop radios. Hip-hop DJs playing my dance music songs, and house music DJs playing tracks where I incorporate raps in.”

A lofty aim, certainly, and while we don’t imagine Richie Hawtin or John Digweed will be playing his latest jams, it’s hard to fault the man’s ambition. As we already knew, the opening CD of 'Nothing But The Beat' is groaning under the weight of appearances from Guetta’s Stateside accomplices like Nicki Minaj, Taio Cruz, Chris Brown and Usher. That “urban radios and pop radios” part of the equation is all sewn up.

On the flipside, the ‘electronic’ disc is pitched at Guetta’s ‘original fans’. “I didn’t want people who’ve been following me for years to feel left out,” he says. There’s not a rap verse in sight, with a suite of the producer’s Ibiza-ready house records, including his hook-ups with Stereosonic 2011 headliners Avicii and Afrojack. Doesn’t sound like the stuff you’ll be “tripping on” at the end of mega bender, but we’re certainly looking at a blockbuster dance LP here.

Tracklist: David Guetta "Nothing But the Beat"

Disc 1
1. Where Them Girls At f/ Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida
2. Little Bad Girl f/ Taio Cruz & Ludacris
3. Turn Me On f/ Nicki Minaj
4. Sweat (Snoop Dogg vs. David Guetta)
5. Without U f/ Usher
6. Nothing Really Matters f/ will.i.am
7. I Can Only Imagine f/ Chris Brown & Lil Wayne
8. Crank It Up f/ Akon
9. I Just Wanna Fuck f/Timbaland & Dev
10. Night Of Your Life f/Jennifer Hudson
11. Repeat f/ Jessie J
12. Titanium f/ Sia

Disc 2
1. The Alphabet
2. Lunar (David Guetta & Afrojack)
3. Sunshine (David Guetta & Avicii)
4. Little Bad Girl (Instrumental Version)
5. Metro Music
6. Toy Story
7. The Future
8. Dreams
9. Paris
10. Glasgow

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AVICII CALLS OUT LEONA LEWIS ON PLAGIARISM...

Leona Lewis is embroiled in a plagiarism row after a songwriter accused her label, Syco, of using a song without permission.

The X Factor champion’s new single Collide shares many similarities with Fade Into Darkness by Swedish DJ Avicii, better known as Tim Berg.

Ministry Of Sound, are said to be considering legal action against Simon Cowell’s label, but a spokesman for Syco has denied any wrongdoing and claimed that the DJ’s contribution has already been recognised. "Avicii is already credited as a songwriter on Leona's song," the rep said. "It's a case of sour grapes from Ministry Of Sound."

But the DJ said he had never been approached to give permission for Leona to use the song. He wrote on Twitter: "To answer everyone, the first time I heard Leona Lewis 'Collide' was today. I didn't produce it and neither me or my manager could approve it.

"I'm just upset for someone taking credit of our idea before I had a chance to release it… And for the time and effort that has been put into this by my manager and label."

His manager Ash Pournouri backed up the DJ’s assertions: "We never got to hear [Collide] before it was promoted on radio, how could we clear anything? We're not amateurs - we don't sign papers without knowing what we're getting into."

Collide is released on 4 September; Leona's third album will follow in November.

(source- www.mtv.co.uk)

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