A US court has ordered Katy Perry to pay €495k in damages after the Dark Horse singer was sued for copyright by Christian rapper Flame.
Flame, whose real name is Marcus Gray, claimed that her song Dark Horse copied part of his song Joyful Noise and was awarded a total of €2.4 million.
Her record label, Capitol Records, have been ordered to pay the remaining amount.
Perry's lawyers have said they plan to lodge appeal, if the case is not dismissed pending a defence motion.
Earlier this week a nine-member jury in the US Court had ruled that similarities between Perry's song and Joyful Noise by Marcus Gray, who performs as 'Flame', constituted copyright infringement.
The week-long trial saw Perry take the witness stand, where she told the jury her song was an original composition and that she had never heard of the rap song.
Her team said that the two songs' underlying beat was "commonplace" and therefore cannot be copyrighted.
Gray's lawyers said the defendants had "copied an important part" of his song, referring to a 16-second instrumental phrase.
Legal representatives for Capitol Records told the court the label earned €27 from Dark Horse, but after costs only made a profit of $€567K.
