Picture Credit score: Charles Lee / CC by 4.0ASCAP has named Dr. Luke Songwriter of the Yr on the fortieth annual Pop Awards regardless of his ongoing decade-long authorized battle with Kesha.
Lukasz Gottwald, higher referred to as Dr. Luke, has been named Songwriter of the Yr for the third time in that class on the fortieth annual ASCAP Pop Awards. The producer took residence the award for his hit music contributions over the previous 12 months, together with Doja Cat’s “Have to Know,” Latto’s “Huge Power,” and Nicki Minaj’s “Tremendous Freaky Lady.”
In keeping with a launch from ASCAP, Dr. Luke’s win is predicated on a mathematical formulation derived from the efficiency rights group’s metric of “the overall variety of a author’s shares in ASCAP’s Pop Music Award-winning songs multiplied by the profitable songs’ impressions, that are calculated based mostly on Luminate information from radio and streaming.”
Nonetheless, Dr. Luke’s win is controversial as a result of sexual assault allegations and a virtually decade-long authorized battle with singer Kesha. This 12 months marks his first Songwriter of the Yr win since that scandal started in 2014. The producer is presently countersuing Kesha for defamation, with their newest trial set for July 26 in New York.
Beforehand, Dr. Luke gained the award in 2010 and 2011. He’s tied with Lionel Richie for 3 wins, however Diane Warren and Max Martin have them crushed with 5 and eleven wins, respectively. Different wins on the 2023 ASCAP Pop Awards embrace The Child LAROI and Justin Bieber’s “Keep,” which took residence the Track of the Yr Award, whereas Sony Music Publishing took residence the Writer of the Yr Award.
In the meantime, Kesha’s newest file, Gag Order, was launched on Friday (Might 19) — her newest endeavor to be launched beneath Dr. Luke’s Kemosabe Information.
“I really feel as if there was an implied gag order for a really very long time now,” the singer stated. “With my ongoing litigation hanging over my head, I’ve not been capable of communicate freely as a result of I do know the whole lot I say is scrutinized.”