The wife of a late Kurdish singer named Ahmet Kaya is accusing 'Hello' songstress Adele of stealing her husband's music and repurposing it for her album.

Ahmet Kaya put out music in the '80s and '90s before passing away in 2000. His wife told a Turkish newspaper that she didn't think the infringement was intentional, but she did say, "If she consciously did it, then it would be theft." Adele hasn't commented.

The song in question is "Million Years Ago". It has a similar sounding melody to Ahmet Kaya's song "Acilara Tutunmak". The song was released 20 years ago.

You be the judge. Here are the two songs. Think Adele ripped off this singer we've never heard of?

 

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