Justin Timberlake is being 'sued for sampling Cirque du Soleil song' in Don't Hold the Wall from the 20/20 Experience

By Kayla Caldwell For Dailymail.com

Published: 20:25 EST, 31 March 2016 | Updated: 05:55 EST, 1 April 2016

He's been busy in the studio working on his new album.

But Justin Timberlake has hit a snag, as TMZ reported on Thursday that he and producer Timbaland, 44, are being sued by Cirque du Soleil.

The performing troupe believe the 35-year-old sampled their song Steel Dream for part of single Don't Hold the Wall, from 2013 album the 20/20 Experience, according to the news site.

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Lawsuit: Justin Timberlake (pictured February 28) and Timbaland (pictured February 15) are reportedly being sued by Cirque du Soleil who claim the pair sampled their song Steel Dream for 2013 single Don't Hold the Wall, according to TMZ
Lawsuit: Justin Timberlake (pictured February 28) and Timbaland (pictured February 15) are reportedly being sued by Cirque du Soleil who claim the pair sampled their song Steel Dream for 2013 single Don't Hold the Wall, according to TMZ

Lawsuit: Justin Timberlake (pictured February 28) and Timbaland (pictured February 15) are reportedly being sued by Cirque du Soleil who claim the pair sampled their song Steel Dream for 2013 single Don't Hold the Wall, according to TMZ

Damages: The Canadian theatrical performance company is seeking a minimum of $800,000 in damages for the alleged use of their single taken from 1997 album Quidam 

Damages: The Canadian theatrical performance company is seeking a minimum of $800,000 in damages for the alleged use of their single taken from 1997 album Quidam 

The single Justin and Timbaland allegedly sampled is from a 1997 album of the acrobatic troupe called Quidam.

Cirque du Soleil wants a cut of all of the profits Justin and Timbaland made on Don't Hold the Wall, though it was arguably not the album's best single.

DailyMail.com has reached out to Justin's representative for comment. 

The 20/20 Experience was a great return to music for the star, topping the Billboard's 200 Albums Chart and selling more than 2 million copies.

However, Don't Hold the Wall never cracked the Billboard Hot 100 on its own. 

Not their best: The album topped the Billboard's 200 Albums Chart, though Justin and Timbaland's song Don't Hold the Wall didn't crack the Hot 100 (Justin and Timbaland, pictured 2013)

Not their best: The album topped the Billboard's 200 Albums Chart, though Justin and Timbaland's song Don't Hold the Wall didn't crack the Hot 100 (Justin and Timbaland, pictured 2013)

The suit was filed in federal court in New York, and saw the Canadian theatrical performance company seeking a minimum of $800,000 in damages.

Earlier this year it was reported by TMZ that Justin was being sued by 1970s group Sly, Slick and Wicked over a vocal sample that had been used by him and Jay Z in single Suit & Tie.

Reportedly the pair's label had paid to sample the music, but not the vocals from the band's 1973 hit Sho' Nuff.

TMZ had shared that the group was seeking payment from the record label, music publishers, and Anheuser-Busch, who used the R&B hit for a beer commercial.

He and will.i.am were also recently slapped with a lawsuit claiming that Damn Girl steals music from a song written in 1969 by Perry Kibble.

The suit accuses Justin of stealing music from Perry's single A New Day is Here At Last for his hit song Damn Girl featured on the 2006 album Futuresex/Lovesounds.

PK Music Performance's suit demands an injunction against Justin and will.i.am from continuing to profit off the illegal use of the 1969 song and unspecified damages for their infringement.

Last year, a jury awarded the estate of Marvin Gaye $7.4 million in a similar suit, after it was determined that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams's megahit Blurred Lines was improperly drawn from Gaye's 1977 hit Got to Give it Up.

In hot water: It was also recently revealed that Justin is being sued by 1970s group Sly, Slick and Wicked over a vocal sample that had been used by him and Jay Z in hit single Suit & Tie

In hot water: It was also recently revealed that Justin is being sued by 1970s group Sly, Slick and Wicked over a vocal sample that had been used by him and Jay Z in hit single Suit & Tie

 

 

 

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