News: Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson & Jordin Sparks's Company Sues Sony Music For $10 million

The company representing American Idol contestants such as Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and Jordin Sparks sued Sony Music for $10 million on Thursday over unpaid royalties. The lawsuit was filed in New York by British producer Simon Fuller's 19 Recordings, which brought the singing competition show to the US in 2002. An audit was demanded by 19 Recordings and the singers who entered into deals with Sony because of their participation on American Idol and the lawsuit was filed after a review of Sony's books. The main claim in the lawsuit was that Sony has underpaid some of Idol's best-selling artists by choosing royalty routes in lucrative streaming deals with Google, Apple and Spotify that benefit Sony.

 'We did not want to have to file this lawsuit, but Sony left us no choice, so this became necessary to protect our artists,' said 19 Entertainment's worldwide head of music Jason Morey to the trade publication.