Adele Accused of Plagiarizing Kurdish Singer Ahmet Kaya

1. Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke vs. Marvin Gaye’s estate

This is the latest big successful case over music plagiarism. In 2013, Nona, Frankie, and Marvin III, the children of American soul singer Marvin Gaye, sued Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke for using their father’s single “Got to Give It Up” to create their hit song “Blurred Lines.” Williams and Thicke denied the allegations and claimed that they have created the song independently. The Los Angeles jury didn’t buy the story, and they were ordered to pay nearly $7.4 million in damages.