Beyoncé Sued for $100 Million by Software Developer + Beyoncé New Single Runs the Charts

Beyoncé is being sued by Gate Five, a software developer. Allegedly, Knowles pulled out of  a deal to create a motion-sensing dance video game. They are seeking more than $100 million for “a bad faith breach of contract so callous that, on what appeared to be a whim, she destroyed Gate Five’s business and drove 70 people into unemployment, the week before Christmas.” The game, titled Starpower: Beyoncé, was a motion-sensing game that would have allowed players to dance along with hits like “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).”

According to the lawsuit, Knowles allegedly “made an extortionate demand for entirely new compensation terms she wanted. When her maneuver backfired and drove away the financier (who found Ms. Carter too erratic to do business with), she pulled out of the project in breach of the agreement.” (Source)

In non-lawsuit news, Beyoncé is back on the charts with her first single, “Run the World (Girls)”. The song hit #33 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, had 77k iTune downloads and landed at #23 on the Digital Song charts. Sweet!