If you watched the Grammys on Sunday night, you saw Kesha give a tear-jerking performance of her hit song “Praying.” 

Reactions from the Grammys showed that people noticed the emotion in her performance as well as the correlation between her personal story and the #MeToo movement.

So what events led up to this performance?

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Here is a timeline, in brief, of Kesha’s long battle against Dr. Luke and the Sony label, beginning back in 2005 and ending with her Grammy performance of “Praying” on Sunday.

September 2005: Kesha signed a contract with Lukasz Gottwald, also known as Dr. Luke. The contract binded her to produce six albums at Sony with Dr. Luke.

October 2005: Dr. Luke allegedly raped Kesha, having given her a date-rape drug, while she was unconscious at a party.

2009: Kesha had her first debut single, “Tik Tok,” which was produced by Kesha, Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco.

2012: Kesha and Dr. Luke’s relationship deteriorated as he encouraged her to stick with pop tunes while she wanted to expand her range and write rock tunes.

2013: A petition was set up by Kesha fans in an attempt to “free” Kesha from the contract that bound her to Dr. Luke. The petition received over 10,000 signatures. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Kesha claimed she had no creative control over her content.  

October 2014: Kesha sued Dr. Luke for sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, gender violence and emotional abuse. Included in the lawsuit was the alleged rape that took place back in 2005.  

October 2014: On the same day that Kesha sued Dr. Luke, he counter-sued her for alleged defamation and fabricating lies in an effort to break their six album contract.  

2015: Kesha filed an injunction request, which would allow for her to temporarily stop working with Sony and Dr. Luke.  

February 2016: Justice Shirley Kornreich took Sony’s side and dismissed her injunction, therefore refusing to temporarily let her out of her binding contract with Sony. The injunction being refused caused an uproar on social media, resulting in several tweets from other musicians. Taylor Swift donated $250,000 to Kesha to help her through her legal troubles. 

April 2016: All of Kesha’s abuse claims are dismissed by Justice Shirley Kornreich, stating that the claims didn’t prove any alleged violence. Following this, Kesha dropped all charges against Dr. Luke and posted on Instagram in reference to her battle over the past few years. 

July 2017: Kesha released her first single in four years, titled “Praying.” The song became an anthem for the #MeToo movement.

January 2018: Kesha gave a tear-filled performance of her single “Praying” at the Grammys on Sunday. After the performance, Sony, the same label that would not let Kesha out of a binding contract which prevented her from producing her own music, tweeted out about her performance and then deleted it following the backlash they received.