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A Running List Of Artists Who Sold All Or A Portion Of Their Music Catalogs

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Artists selling all, or even a portion, of their catalogs and publishing rights has become a recent occurrence, as several large-scale performers and bands have made massive deals.

The most recent, Metro Boomin, reportedly sold part of his for $70 million to Shamrock Capital — although not much is known about the deal’s specifics yet.

On the heels of the news, Uproxx has also explored why artists are selling their catalogs, for those who are interested in the aspects that lead to it.

Below, find a list of artists who have sold away the rights to their songs, according to research from A Journal Of Musical Things. Click the link in the performer’s name to find out the full details of their deal.

1. Bob Dylan
2. Neil Young
3. Stevie Nicks
4. Imagine Dragons
5. Whitney Houston
6. Chris Issak
7. Prince’s estate
8. Christine McVie
9. Trevor Rabin
10. The O’Jays
11. Tina Turner
12. The Weeknd
13. Drake
14. Justin Bieber
15. Bing Crosby
16. Gerry Goffin
17. Luther Vandross
18. Mike Scott of The Waterboys
19. Jeff Porcaro
20. Motley Crue
21. Jim Peterik
22. James Brown
23. Bruce Springsteen
24. ZZ Top
25. David Bowie
26. John Legend
27. Matt Redman
28. Nancy Wilson of Heart
29. Paul Rodgers
30. Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America
31. Kenny Chesney
32. Travis Tritt
33. Luis Fonsi
34. Murda Beatz
35. Def Leppard
36. Robbie Robertson of The Band
37. The estates of Layne Staley and Mike Starr of Alice In Chains
38. Alice in Chains’ music
39. David Crosby
40. Disturbed
41. The Killers
42. Lindsey Buckingham
43. Barry Manilow
44. Richie Sambora
45. Dave Stewart
46. Blondie
47. Chrissie Hynde
48. Air Supply
49. Culture Club
50. Devo
51. Jim Vallance
52. Ryan Tedder
53. Shakira
54. KT Tunstall
55. Mick Fleetwood
56. Ed Roland
57. Bob Rock
58. Sun Records
59. Massive Attack
60. Silverchair
61. Beach Boys
62. David Crosby
63. Glenn Tipton
64. Carole Bayer Sager
65. Linda Ronstadt
66. Paul Simon
67. Patrick Leonard
68. Red Hot Chili Peppers
69. Andrew Watt
70. David Guetta
71. Beyoncé
72. Timbaland
73. Justin Timberlake
74. Olivia Newton-John
75. Nicky Chinn
76. Leo Sayer
77. Alee Willis
78. Bob Ezrin
79. Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues
80. Dave Navarro
81. Tom Cochrane
82. Boston
83. Styx
84. Rihanna
85. Ariana Grande
86. Kendrick Lamar
87. Pat Benatar
88. Otis Redding
89. Jack Antonoff
90. Jimmy Iovine
91. Journey
92. Steve Winwood
93. Tom DeLonge
94. The Chainsmokers
95. Brendan O’Brien
96. Bernard Edwards
97. B-52s
98. Kaiser Chiefs
99. Mark Ronson
101. Nikki Sixx
102. Skrillex
103. Rick James
104. Korn
105. James Newton Howard
106. Sting
107. John Lee Hooker
108. Jason Aldean
109. Neil Diamond
110. Lionel Hampton
111. Thelonious Monk
112. Leonard Cohen
113. Martina McBride
114. The estate of Nat King Cole
115. Swedish House Mafia
116. Bob Dylan’s share of the Traveling Wilburys catalog
117. Julian Casablancas
118. Tom Whitlock
119. Frank Zappa
120. Simple Minds
121. Jean-Michel Jarre
122. Matt Sorum
123. Brad Paisley
124. Lady A
125. Deryck Whibley
126. Chuck D of Public Enemy
127. Future
128. Avicii
129. Genesis’ Phil Collins, Tony Banks, and Mike Rutherford
130. Blake Shelton
131. Joey Ramone
132. Louis Prima
133. Huey Lewis and the News
134. Ashley Gorley
135. Harry Nilsson
136. Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill of Boy Meets Girl
137. Iggy Azalea
138. Peter Frampton
139. Keith Urban
140. Steve Lillywhite
141. Dr. Dre
142. Robbie Krieger and the estate of Ray Manzarek of The Doors
143. Yes
144. Dion
145. TMS
146. Stevie Van Zandt
147. Tobias Jesso Jr
148. Christopher Cross
149. Warren Cuccurullo
150. Metro Boomin
151. Juice WRLD

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Metro Boomin Sells Publishing For $70 Million

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Metro Boomin has built an impressive catalog in his career and has now agreed to sell his publishing to Shamrock Capital for $70 million. The new deal follows his latest album, Heroes & Villains. Metro Boomin Makes A Deal Star producer Metro Boomin agreed to sell a portion of his music publishing to Shamrock Capital […]

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Why Are Artists Selling Their Catalogs?

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Over the past couple of years, the number of artists selling off portions of their publishing catalogs has risen greatly, with artists from classic rockers like Bob Dylan and Sting putting up their legacy hits to hip-hop artists like Future, Iggy Azalea, and Metro Boomin cashing in on more recent material. Even R&B and pop stars stars like John Legend, Justin Bieber, and Justin Timberlake have joined the gold rush, while the estates of both Juice WRLD and Michael Jackson have sold the stars’ catalogs.

So, why are so many artists selling their old music?

Well, it likely comes down to a couple of reasons. The first, and most obvious, is for the cash payout. While publishing is still the most lucrative revenue stream for artists outside of playing live shows and doing brand partnerships, publishing is really only profitable when songs are licensed for use in advertising, film, television, or sampling in other artists’ music. However, there really are only so many opportunities available there, and things like streaming don’t generate the kind of income that actual album sales did back in the day.

As the late David Crosby wrote on Twitter when he sold his catalog, “I can’t work …and streaming stole my record money …I have a family and a mortgage and I have to take care of them so it’s my only option ..I’m sure the others feel the same.” Now that he’s gone, that cash is likely a comfort to his family — and much easier to deal with than administrating his massive catalog. As country star Travis Tritt said when he sold his catalog to Reservoir Media, “The biggest reason for me selling was not to leave a huge headache for my family that would have to try to administrate a catalog. I’d rather leave them cash.”

The other big reason stars might be selling their catalogs has to do with taxes. Because of the way income is taxed from royalties, artists might end up keeping more of their money by selling the publishing rights all at once. Royalty payments are viewed by the IRS as regular income, which could be taxed as high as 37 percent under current tax codes depending on how much those royalties are. However, a catalog sale is taxed as capital gains — which has a much lower max rate of 20 percent.

With the current administration working to close that loophole, many artists and their business managers view it as a limited window of time to take advantage of it, and they are doing so before time runs out. From a purely pragmatic standpoint, it also makes sense because while the long-term realization of the catalogs’ value will likely be many times when artists are being paid for them now, most artists probably won’t see all that potential — even if they aren’t as old as, say, Sting.

Getting a guaranteed eight figures now rather than a possible larger payout some indiscriminate time in the future seems like a pretty good deal. After all, you can’t take it with you and you’d rather be able to enjoy it while you’re young enough to do so. And while there may be some unintended consequences down the road — monopolies are never good — for now, it would appear to be in artists’ best interests to cash out while their hand is hot — because everyone cools off eventually.

For more information, check out The Washington Post‘s coverage.

Metro Boomin Reportedly Sold Part Of His Catalog For $70 Million

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Lots of artists have been selling parts of their catalogs for some big paydays lately, including Future, Iggy Azalea, and Juice WRLD. They all have various reasons for doing so, but I don’t think too many folks are turning down the opportunity to make more money all at once than most people could ever accumulate — or spend — in a lifetime.

The latest artist to join this growing trend is Metro Boomin, who reportedly sold part of his recording catalog to Shamrock Capital for $70 million, according to Billboard. There aren’t many details, however, as both sides of the deal declined to comment.

The size of the deal makes sense, though; depending on which portion of his publishing he decided to sell, Metro’s catalog of hits is extensive and deep, with smash hits from 21 Savage, Drake, Future, Kanye West, Migos, and more littering his resume. He’s had nearly enough songs chart on the Hot 100 to actually fill it (99 total). His own albums, like December’s Heroes & Villains, have also been massive successes in their own rights.

According to Billboard, Shamrock was founded in 1978 as Roy E. Disney’s family office; it’s also a pretty heavy investor in IP, buying catalogs from Dr. Dre and Taylor Swift, while looking at branching into film, TV, sports, and video games. It’s one of a handful of such businesses, which also include Opus Music Group and Influence Media Partners.

Metro Boomin Sells Portion Of Publishing Catalog For $70 Million

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Yesterday, March 7th, it was reported that Metro Boomin’ had sold a portion of his publishing catalog for $70 million to the LA-based investment group, Shamrock Captial.

Billboard broke the story, however, neither party involved had any comment on the acquisition.

The critically acclaimed producer has had 99 total entries on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, two No. 1s and 10 top 10s. As an artist, Metro Boomin has had 46 entries on the Hot 100, has spent 18 weeks at No. 1 on the Rap Producers chart, and three weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 Producers and Hot 100 Songwriters charts.

Over the span of a decade, Metro has produced multiple hit songs such as the Migos’s “Bad and Boujee,” Future’s “Mask Off, “Congratulations” by Post Malone, “Bank Account” by 21 Savage, “Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1” by Kanye West, “Jumpman” by Drake and Future, “Heartless” by The Weeknd, “Child’s Play” by Drake, “Tuesday” by iLoveMakonnen, and others.

Metro is the latest artist to sell their publishing catalog. Earlier this year it was reported that Dr. Dre and Future had both sold portions of their music catalog and it was rumored that Michael Jackson’s estate was close to finalizing a nearly billion-dollar deal for a portion of the King Of Pop’s catalog as well.

In December of last year, Metro dropped his second producer album Hero’s & Villians, which debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 200 and sold roughly 180,000 album equivalents in its first week. In January, Metro became the first non-rapper to amass more than 50 million monthly Spotify listeners.

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Metro Boomin Sells Portion Of Publishing In $70M Deal: Report

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Metro Boomin’s catalog is no joke. If any producer of this era were to go hit-for-hit with him in the Verzuz arena, they certainly would need to bring their A-game. Over the past decade, Metro Boomin has been one of hip-hop’s most trusted producers. From his days of working with Future as a budding producer, he became the go-to guy for hot sounds. Artists like Nicki Minaj and Drake have called on him for their projects, but that’s really the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his discography.

Metro played a massive role in the rise in trap in the past decade and defining the Atlanta sound, thanks to his numerous collaborations with Future and Young Thug. This ultimately led to contributions on Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo (Father Stretch My Hands) and The Weeknd’s “Heartless” off of After Hours, among many other records. On top of that, he delivered two chart-topping solo albums, Not All Heroes Wear Capes and November’s Heroes & Villains, which will certainly be regarded as classics when all is said and done.

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ATLANTA, GA – JANUARY 14: Future and Metro Boomin perform during Future & Friends “One Big Party Tour” at State Farm Arena on January 14, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.(photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)

There’s been a major discourse in recent years surrounding owning publishing. Though many artists are quick to sell off that aspect when inking a contract, those who keep it tend to reap the rewards down the line. Metro Boomin, for example, just scored a cool $70M for a portion of his catalog, according to Billboard. The St. Louis producer struck a deal with Shamrock Capital, who famously bought Taylor Swift’s Big Machine catalog from Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings in 2020.

At this point, there’s little information regarding the details of the sale or the records included in the deal. But for $70M, we suspect that there might be some of Metro’s biggest hits as part of the agreement. However, Shamrock previously stated that they raised $600M in funding to acquire the rights to TV shows, video games, music, film, and sports. Prior to their deal with Metro, Dr. Dre sold his music assets to Shamrock and UMG in a $200M acquisition. We’ll keep you posted on anymore updates surrounding Metro’s deal. 

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Metro Boomin, Anderson .Paak & More Perform at St. Louis’ City Block Party to Celebrate City’s First MLS Match

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At the St. Louis CITY SC “CITY BLOCK PARTY” Friday night, Metro Boomin, a multi-platinum record producer and native of St. Louis, served as the event’s headlining act.

The event celebrated the team’s first home Major League Soccer match at CITYPARK. The two-day celebration of the hometown team began on March 3 with performances by 8-time Grammy Award winner Anderson.Paak, who served as DJ Pee.Wee, and played an all-vinyl set; Mvstermind, Director of Musical Experience for St. Louis City SC; and Kennedy Holmes, a St. Louis R&B/Soul artist who sang the national anthem at Sundays’s game.

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Lil Durk Says Upcoming Album Isn’t “Regular”

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Even after a huge year in 2022, Lil Durk still has more in the tank this year. Last year, Durk unleashed a studio album, a deluxe version, and then a compilation album for this label. First, March saw him put out his seventh studio album 7220. With 17 songs, the LP was Durk’s first solo project since 2020s The Voice. Soon after, he dropped the “Reloaded” version, adding just one new track titled “Computer Murderers.” However, a few months later would see an actual fully fleshed deluxe rendition of 7220. With features from Moneybagg Yo, EST Gee, A Boogie wit da Hoodie and more, the 7220 deluxe was just as thrilling as the original version.

In December, Durk would end up contributing eight new songs to the Loyal Bros 2 project. A compilation tape for his OTF label, the project contained 23 songs and lasted 57 minutes. Among the songs he delivered, Durk provided “Mad Mad” with Future and solo cuts like “Set It Off” and “Hanging With Wolves.” Undoubtedly, 2022 would go down as one of the biggest of Durk’s career. But, he knew right away to start 2023 that he still had more to achieve.

Lil Durk Prepares For A Big Year

In the first two months of the year, Durk has teased quite a bit of new music. A few times last year, he referenced a potential collaborative album with producer Metro Boomin. While a rollout has still not officially materialized, it certainly could any day now. Additionally, the Chicago icon has prepped fans for an impending solo album, as well as hinting towards a joint project with Future. The week Durk and Future filmed the music video for “Mad Max,” his tour DJ posted an Instagram story saying “the culture need(s) this” in reference to a joint album. Additionally, on Feb. 18, out of nowhere, Durk claimed he was going to drop an album that night but ultimately decided not to.

Most recently, though, Durk hinted again towards his solo effort. On Feb. 26, he posted an Instagram story saying, “This album ain’t a regular.” Still, without an official track list or release date, it seems Durk is ready to deliver some quality output very soon. In an interview with Spotify’s RapCaviar at the start of February, Lil Durk said his fans can expect his 2023 to be eventful and exciting. “(They can expect me to) be out more and just have more fun, living more,” he said. “I just want to start working on my performances more, everything. Giving it my all and be 100% instead of 50(%). We got a whole bunch of sh*t comin’. That’s why I’m excited.” So, whatever Durk plans to do next, it will surely be noteworthy.