AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Kesha

Artist:Kesha

Song:Tik Tok

Album:Animal

Kesha Rose Sebert topped the charts with her 2009 debut single Tik Tok and had a good run for a few years. Her career was interrupted by a lawsuit against producer Dr. Luke. She hasn't been as successful since then. She was born Mar. 1, 1987 in Los Angeles. Her mother is a songwriter who moved her family to Nashville in 1991 when she got a publishing deal. Kesha's mom taught her to write and she started recording demos. A demo landed in the hands of producer Max Martin and he convinced her to move to move to Los Angeles. Martin launched Britney Spears' career. Kesha signed with Sony's Kemosabe label in 2005. She's working as a waitress while Sony is trying to figure out what to do with her. Her big break came when she appeared on rapper Flo Rida's 2009 single Right Round. This led to a deal with RCA and her debut album Animal. She appeared on the Flo Rida record by accident. She was hanging around the recording studio and Flo Rida needed a female voice for the record. Kesha's debut single Tik Tok went through the roof. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 and set download records for a debut single. Kesha wrote the song with Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald and Benny Blanco and they produced. Dr. Luke was an owner of Kemosabe and he produced half of the album. He was also the main producer on her 2010 EP Cannibal and the 2012 album Warrior. And he produced her other #1 single We R Who We R in 2010. Kesha then sued Dr. Luke in Oct. 2014 for sexual assault and battery among other things. Dr. Luke always claimed that the real goal of the lawsuit was for Kesha to get out of her record deal. He denied the sexual assault allegations. Kesha is still on RCA but Dr. Luke's Sony contract was terminated. He has returned to Germany and he has his own label with Republic. Kesha has released two albums and she has toured. But she just hasn't been as successful with other producers. It remains to be seen if she can return to the top of the charts. Here's the video for Tik Tok by Kesha.