Huge Adele song ordered to be removed from streaming in plagiarism row-Rishma Dosani-Entertainment – Metro

A judge ordered for one of Adele’s songs to be pulled worldwide(Picture: Getty)

A judge has ordered that a song by Adele is to be pulled worldwide, amid an ongoing plagiarism claim.

The Set Fire To The Rain singer included Million Years Ago on her third album, 25, which was released in 2015.

However, Brazilian composer Toninho Geraes has alleged that the hit plagiarized the music of his samba track, Mulheres (Women), which was recorded by Martinho da Vila on an album in 1995.

According to reports, Geraes is suing for lost royalties, $160,000 in moral damages, plus songwriting credit on Adele’s track.

In a decision announced on Friday, in Rio de Janeiro’s sixth commercial court, judge Victor Torres ordered Million Years Ago to be pulled worldwide, including on streaming services, pending further activity in the case.

The Guardian reports that the Brazilian subsidiaries of Sony and Universal, Adele’s labels, could be fined $8,000 ‘per act of non-compliance’ – while the music companies are able to appeal the decision.

The singer released Million Years Ago as part of her 25 album (Picture: Getty)

The injunction was made by judge Victor Torres on Friday, in Rio de Janeiro’s sixth commercial court, pending further activity in the continuing plagiarism case.

The ruling, obtained by AFP, orders Sony and Universal to stop ‘immediately and globally, from using, reproducing, editing, distributing or commercializing the song Million Years Ago, by any modality, means, physical or digital support, streaming or sharing platform’.

At the time of writing, the track is still visible on Adele’s Spotify page, where it has been streamed more than 200million times, and currently has over 10million views on her YouTube page.

Toninho Geraes’s lawyer, Fredimio Trotta, suggested that this could have a chilling effect on musicians going forward.

The singer has yet to speak out over the allegations (Picture: WireImage)

‘It is a landmark for Brazilian music, which … has often been copied to compose successful international hits,’ he told AFP.

‘International producers and artists who … have Brazilian music ‘on their radar’ for possible parasitic use will think twice, given this decision.’

Adele has yet to speak publicly about the allegations, but previously shared the poignant meaning behind Million Years Ago, which was part of her third studio album.

During her special, Adele at the BBC, she candidly opened up about the track and how it was inspired by life in London.

Adele shared that the track was inspired by London (Picture: Getty)

‘I drove past Brockwell Park, which is a park in South London I used to live by,’ she said, via Billboard. ‘It’s where I spent a lot of my youth.

‘It has quite monumental moments of my life that I’ve spent there, and I drove past it and I just literally burst into tears. I really missed it, for no other reason than we’ve all got different things going on and it’s got nothing to do with me not feeling like I can’t go and sit in there and drink a bottle of cider anymore.

‘It’s more that life happens, so I’ve got no one to meet there.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Adele, Universal Music Brazil and Sony Music Brazil for a comment.

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