cowriters

Beyhives are buzzing over social media as Diane Warren seemingly criticized Beyonce. The Grammy-winning songwriter took to Twitter, and while referencing Beyoncé’s Renaissance track “Alien Superstar, Warren  asked, “How can there be 24 writers on a song?”  However, several Queen B fans interpreted her post as shade and informed her about the album’s prominent use of samples. Meanwhile, to calm down the fans, Diane apologizes to Beyonce. Warren, who collaborated with Beyoncé, on 2011’s “I Was Here,” wrote in one of a few…

Ed Sheeran and his co-songwriters have been awarded more than £900,000 in legal costs after winning their high court copyright trial over the hit Shape of You earlier this year.At a trial in March, the singer and his co-writers Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon faced accusations that their track ripped off a 2015 song by Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue.However, Mr Justice Zacaroli concluded Sheeran “neither deliberately nor subconsciously” copied a phrase in the song.Sheeran, his co-authors and…