Legendary music producer Quincy Jones was awarded $9.4 million on Wednesday, July 27 after an ongoing dispute with Michael Jackson‘s estate.
The dispute was over unpaid music royalties. Jones claimed that there were still unpaid production fees from his previous work with Jackson. Quincy Jones worked on three of Michael Jackson’s biggest albums. Those albums were ‘Off the Wall’, ‘Thriller’, and ‘Bad’. Jones also claimed that he was underpaid for music used in Jackson’s documentary This Is It as well as two Cirque du Soleil shows.
“As an artist, maintaining the vision and integrity of one’s creation is of paramount importance. I, along with the team I assembled with Michael, took great care and purpose in creating these albums, and it has always given me a great sense of pride and comfort that three decades after they were originally recorded, these songs are still being played in every corner of the world,” Jones said in a statement.
“This lawsuit was never about Michael, it was about protecting the integrity of the work we all did in the recording studio and the legacy of what we created. Although this judgment is not the full amount that I was seeking, I am very grateful that the jury decided in our favor in this matter. I view it not only as a victory for myself personally, but for artists’ rights overall,” he concluded.
