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Canadian songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk has recanted her claim that Avril Lavigne ripped off a song of hers. A statement released by Kreviazuk claimed that "Avril is an accomplished songwriter and it has been my privilege to work with her"; sadly, it didn't say what it was like to work with Dr. Luke or the Matrix.
Here is the pointer to that article:
http://idolator.com/tunes/plagiarism/chant...case-276833.php
There are a number of parallel articles available from that one article.
I was looking for an article that I read today that claimed that many a beginning songwriter teams up with a vocal artist that is a big name. The big name artist strong arms the songwriter into sharing song writing credit. The songwriter feels compelled to allow the non-writing artist, because they can always go with another songwriter. The vocal artists wants the fame and royalties associated with songwriting.
Pretty disgusting, but evidently, pretty common in the music industry.
Anyways, I can't seem to find that article now. If anyone has seen the article, please post a link to it. If I find it, I'll post the link here myself.
Edit: I found the article on MSNBC. Here is the link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19940398/
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This being the music industry, money is of course a factor, since the writers of hit songs can earn more than the singer over the long term. But today’s singers also press for writing credit because it gives them more of a cachet, presenting them as more of a “real artist” in comparison with a star who doesn’t write a note.
What was interesting for me was the fact that "Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song sung by Chantal Kreviazuk that was credited as being by Liz Phair, or Avril Lavigne. I found it awhile back when I was first getting into Liz