Gotye loses money to somebody he used to know

'Somebody That I Used To Know' won two Grammys for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Record of the Year but loses royalty money
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‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ won two Grammy’s for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Record of the Year but loses out on $1 million in royalty money.

It is also the only Australian single to top the US Billboard charts and the highest selling single in Australian history, and garnered over $1 million in profits, but a royalties deal sees Gotye (whose real name is Wally DeBacker) having to split his profits all the way down in the middle.

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