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Originally posted by Ryan
It's spelled "challenged". The only one showing signs of being "challenged" is you, bro. Resorting to calling people names because you can't back up your argument? And let's not talk about the weight of people's faves okay...because the...you know what, the point ain't worth it.
No, Katy Perry did not write Teenage Dream. And if Kelly recorded a version of 'Teenage Dream' Katy STILL wouldn't get the writing credit because she didn't write the ****ing song. However people would refer to it as "her song" because that's how covers work.
In THIS instance, you poor daft soul, that is not the case. Kelly worked from ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE SONG AS GIVEN TO HER BY THE SONGWRITERS, created her version from that w/ John Legend and THUS the ORIGINAL writers are given writing credit. No one is disputing that TH released a near identical version of the song months earlier, for which they made changes to and got a writing credit for. Had she made her song on THEIR version, using THEIR changes, then they would get WRITING CREDIT. But she did not. So any argument you make is invalid and irrelevant.
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Katy Perry did write Teenage Dream, so I don't know what you're talking about. Do a quick Google search before arguing henny!
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Originally posted by EdgeOfAddiction
Don't forget her Thankful, My December and All I Ever Wanted receipts.
And if they truly had great music, they would have a bigger fan base than they already do. And I guess this is a good time to use "good music doesn't always sell well!!!!!" excuse.
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Great music does not equal popularity.
Although I don't know them, there are plenty of talented artist who make great music and don't sell that much. Kelly is so successful because she has an amazing voice and was able to kickstart her career from American Idol. After that, she basically released the same generic, pop-rock album about five times by now (each one replete with radio-friendly music!). I really do enjoy Breakaway and Stronger for the most part, but her artistic growth is mostly non-existent. None of her albums are as good as Tokio Hotel's earlier albums in my opinion. (Their new stuff kinda sucks, though.)
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Originally posted by Cupid
Kelly Clarkson Q&A with Spin Magazine - Feb 27th
From Kelly's own mouth, she didn't cover them, they aren't on the demo. It's just an unfortunate situation that the writers gave the song to Kelly, then gave it to Tokio Hotel after.
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How do you know that Kelly received the song first, though?
Tokio Hotel's last album before Kings of Suburbia was released in 2009, so there's a big chance that they got their hands on the song first within that four-year period from 2009 to 2013.
And also, it technically is a cover, because she released the same song after they did... It was released under the same title after Tokio Hotel. Even though they have writing credits on theirs, the differences in the versions are negligible, and it is technically a cover because Kelly's version was released later.