Katy Perry's 'ROAR' leaked yesterday and almost immediately the California gurl was bombarded with allegations of plagiarizing Sara Barielles' 'Brave.' Is there any weight to the accusations?

Singer Katy Perry, who voices the character of "Smurfette", smiles at the premiere of "The Smurfs 2" at the Regency Village theatre in Los Angeles, California July 28, 2013. The movie opens in the U.S ...

When 'Roar' first hit airwaves, Perry, Dr. Luke and Max Martin were side eyed for their alleged theft of Bareilles' tune. And yes, Perry admitted before anything even happened that she loved 'Brave': ...

Indeed, the two share more similarities than just theme. According to an analysis on samethattune.com, the songs have nearly-identical tempos, with Roar at 92 beats per minute and Brave at 90 bpm.

Just to be clear, Sara Bareilles doesn't think her song "Brave" was ripped of by Katy Perry's "Roar." Instead, Bareilles said the comparisons have been good for sales. "I was stoked. I was like, ...

Pop star Katy Perry has been accused of being a copy cat. The songstress was called out by MTV VJ Dave Holmes last week who picked up on the similarities between Perry’s latest single “Roar” and Sara ...

There were plenty of people who thought Katy Perry’s “Roar” sounded a little too similar to Sara Bareilles’ “Brave,” but she herself doesn’t think so. The singer-songwriter has decided to stand with, ...

Katy Perry's single, Roar, leaked yesterday - and we love it. It's amazing, it's a future 'drunk at 11.23pm' night bus anthem and it sounds a lot like Katy's referring to an ex. We doubt Russell Brand ...

OMG, did you see the lyric video for Katy Perry's new single "Roar?" Text all your BFFs, because it's an emoji dream! Yes, K.P. got a lot of help from those cutesy graphic symbols in spelling out her ...