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"Tik Tok" sold 610,000 digital downloads in a single week, the highest ever by a female artist since digital download tracking began in 2003, and went on to sell over 14 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling digital single in history until surpassed in 2011.
Kesha sued producer Dr. Luke in October 2014, alleging physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and employment discrimination over ten years of working together. Dr. Luke countersued for breach of contract and defamation. The case was settled out of court on the 22nd of June 2023, a month before it was scheduled to go to trial.
Kesha has two number-one albums on the US Billboard 200: Animal (2010) and Rainbow (2017). She also had two top-ten albums with Warrior (2012) and High Road (2020).
Kesha Records is Kesha's own independent record label, which she used to release her single "Joyride" on the 4th of July 2024, after parting ways with Dr. Luke's Kemosabe Records and RCA in December 2023. The label entered a distribution deal with Alternative Distribution Alliance, owned by Warner Music Group, in September 2024.
Kesha was born in Los Angeles and moved to Nashville in 1991 when her mother, Pebe Sebert, secured a new songwriting publishing deal. Pebe co-wrote the 1978 single "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You" with Hugh Moffatt, a song Dolly Parton made famous on her 1980 album Dolly, Dolly, Dolly.
Rainbow earned Kesha her first Grammy nominations: Best Pop Vocal Album for the album and Best Pop Solo Performance for the single "Praying" at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.