Robin Thicke noticibly ripped off Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give it Up"when he wrote the s,ash hit "Blurred Lines" with Pharrell Williams and T.I. a Los Angeles jury has decided.
They must pay Gaye's family $7.3 Million dollars.
BUT DID YOU KNOW
"Blurred Lines," set a new record -- radio audience, having reached nearly 250 million listeners, which bests the previous record of 188.8 million by a considerable amount. This comes on the heels of the song becoming 2013's longest-reigning no. 1 on the Hot 100 chart, having held the spot for seven weeks. Blurred Lines" was an immense success worldwide, peaking at number one in 20 countries. In the US, it was the longest running number one single of 2013 and of the entire decade. The song subsequently became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with sales of 14.8 million,[3] simultaneously breaking the record for largest radio audience in history.[4] The single was nominated for two Grammys at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.Blurred Lines" peaked at number one in 14 countries, becoming Thicke's highest charting song in all of these countries. In Australia, the song was certified quadruple platinum for shipments of 280,000 and triple platinum in New Zealand for sales of 45,000.[25]"Blurred Lines" peaked within the top five of 14 countries including France and Switzerland. The song is currently the longest-running number-one single of 2013 in Australia and New Zealand, having topped the ARIA Singles Chart for eight consecutive weeks in Australia, and the RIANZ Singles Chart for 11 non-consecutive weeks in New Zealand.[26]
In mid-May, Robin Thicke and Pharrell performed it live on NBC's The Voice. Immediately afterwards the song flew up to number 12 on the Hot 100.[31] Not long thereafter it peaked at number one, becoming Thicke's highest peaking song on the chart in his recording history. It also became Thicke's first chart entry since "Sex Therapy" and his second top 20 ever, after "Lost Without U". The track is also Pharrell's third Billboard Hot 100 number one single and T.I.'s fourth. As of June 12, 2013, "Blurred Lines" has sold 1 million copies in the United States since its release, becoming Thicke's first single to do so.[32] As of the chart issue dated September 7, 2013, the song is the longest-running number-one single of 2013 with 12 weeks at the top.[33] The song is also the first to claim the top "Digital Gainer", top "Airplay Gainer" and the top "Streaming Gainer" simultaneously, and to be awarded the top "Airplay Gainer" for 9 (and afterwards 10) weeks.[32][34] As of August 8, it also broke the record for the all-time highest number of radio impressions during a single week in the US, with 219.8 million impressions (which it later extended to 228.9 million impressions the week after), surpassing the eight-year-old record of 212.2 million impressions, set by Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together", and is the first song to have four or more weeks of downloads of over 400,000 in the US.[34] On week ending September 14, 2013 it was knocked off number one by Katy Perry with her single "Roar".[35] Blurred Lines was also the No. 1 song of the year on iHeart Radio's Top 100 Countdown for 2013. The song was also the first disco song to reach number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since Upside Down in September 1980. It became the best-selling song of 2013 in the US, selling 6,498,000 downloads in 2013.[36] By April 2014, the single had reached its 7 million mark in sales, taking 56 weeks to reach this mark.[36] It has sold 7,049,000 copies in the US as of May 2014.[37]
In Canada, the song reached number one for 13 consecutive weeks, becoming the longest-running number-one single of 2013.
On July 28, 2013, "Blurred Lines" broke the record for radio audience previously held by Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" in 2005. A press release from Interscope said as of the last week in July 2013, the track reached more than 242.65 million listeners.[44]
In April 2014, "Blurred Lines" was revealed as the most downloaded song in UK chart history,
[45] though it has since been overtaken by Williams' own single "Happy".
[46]
It became Thicke's most successful song, being his first to reach number one on the Hot 100 (he previously peaked at number 14 in 2007 with "
Lost Without U"). It also marks Pharrell's third Hot 100 number one, after "
Drop It Like It's Hot" with
Snoop Dogg in 2004 and "
Money Maker" with
Ludacris in 2006, and
T.I.'s fourth Hot 100 number one after "
My Love" with
Justin Timberlake in 2006, and his own singles "
Whatever You Like" and "
Live Your Life" in 2008.
[47] The song has been a worldwide hit, also topping the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and the United Kingdom, as well as the top ten in Belgium, Denmark, Lithuania, France, Iceland, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland. In the United States, the song topped the
Billboard Hot 100 for twelve consecutive weeks, becoming the longest running number one single of 2013 and of the 2010s decade, surpassing
Rihanna's "
We Found Love" (2011). This feat also gave him the eighth lead male solo artist in
Billboard history to rack ten or more weeks at the number one spot for a single.
[48] It sold over 5 million copies in just 22 weeks in the US, and 6 million in 29 weeks, faster than any other song in digital history.
[33][49] Internationally, the single was the best-selling digital single of 2013 and is currently the
second best-selling digital single of all time, behind
The Black Eyed Peas' "
I Gotta Feeling". It was the second best-selling song of 2013 in the US and the best-selling song of 2013 in the UK.
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§Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" Breaks Radio Airplay Record.Blurred Lines" was an immense success worldwide, peaking at number one in 20 countries. In the US, it was the longest running number one single of 2013 and of the entire decade. The song subsequently became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with sales of 14.8 million,[3] simultaneously breaking the record for largest radio audience in history.[4] The single was nominated for two Grammys at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, including Blurred Lines" was an immense success worldwide, peaking at number one in 20 countries. In the US, it was the longest running number one single of 2013 and of the entire decade. The song subsequently became one of the best-selling singles of all time, with sales of 14.8 million,[3] simultaneously breaking the record for largest radio audience in history.[4] The single was nominated for two Grammys at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
BLURRED LINES WAS SO GOOD AND SO
BIG THAT YESTERDAY MARVIN GAYE
ROLLED OVER IN HIS GRAVE AND SAID,
"I WISH I WROTE THAT SONG!"
