{"id":6208,"date":"2026-06-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/chris-brown-settles-royalties-lawsuit-over-sensational-and-monalisa\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T00:00:00","slug":"chris-brown-settles-royalties-lawsuit-over-sensational-and-monalisa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/chris-brown-settles-royalties-lawsuit-over-sensational-and-monalisa\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Brown Settles Royalties Lawsuit Over \u2018Sensational\u2019 and \u2018Monalisa\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrisbrownworld.com\">Chris Brown<\/a><\/strong> and several Universal Music entities have reached a settlement in principle with songwriter <strong>Steve Chokpelle<\/strong>, who alleged he was denied <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/the-transparency-tipping-point-how-ai-attribution-and-analytics-are-reshaping-musics-power-map\/\">credit and compensation<\/a> for his lyrical contributions to the tracks \u201cSensational\u201d and \u201cMonalisa.\u201d The agreement removes Brown and the music companies from the ongoing royalties lawsuit, while claims against co-defendant Sean Kingston remain active.<\/p>\n<p>The settling defendants include <strong>Chris Brown Entertainment, LLC<\/strong>, <strong>Songs of Universal<\/strong>, <strong>Universal Music Publishing, Inc<\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalmusic.com\">Universal Music Group, Inc<\/a><\/strong>. The settlement resolves all claims against these parties.<\/p>\n<p>Not included in the settlement is co-defendant <strong>Kisean Paul Anderson<\/strong>, known professionally as <strong>Sean Kingston<\/strong>, and his company <strong>Time is Money Entertainment, LLC<\/strong>. Claims against Kingston and his company are still pending. Kingston is currently serving a 42-month prison sentence for fraud.<\/p>\n<p>A 2022 remix of \u201cMonalisa\u201d featuring Nigerian artists <strong>Lojay<\/strong> and <strong>Sarz<\/strong> alongside Brown reached Number 8 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\">Billboard<\/a>\u2019s US Afrobeats Songs chart. \u201cSensational,\u201d which credited Kingston and Lojay as co-authors, reached Number One on Billboard\u2019s Mainstream R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. 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