Beyonce sued for $7 million for alleged plagiarism

Ahmad Lane claims Beyonce had plagiarised her music to write hit song 'XO'

LOS ANGELES: Singer Beyonce Knowles has been sued for $7 million by a backing singer who claimed the star had plagiarised her music to write hit song XO.

The 33-year-old and her company Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records have been taken to court over her hit single XO after Ahmad Lane filed a federal lawsuit claiming she had stolen the music for the track, reports femalefirst.co.uk. 

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Ahmad claims that Beyonce's current backing singer Chrissy Collins gave her a copy of his song XOXO after he passed on the track to her when the pair were working together for another artist.

However, the Grammy Award winner has denied the claims in court documents.

The response reads: "The two works at issue are entirely different songs that share no lyrical or musical similarity, other than perhaps the letters X and O. The two songs are distinct from a thematic perspective."

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The Crazy in love hit-maker also states that Ahmad hasn't filed a "copyright registration" for his track and asks for the $7 million payment to be dropped.