Britney Spears sells music catalogue

Pop star Britney Spears sold the rights to her entire
music catalogue to music publisher Primary
Wave at the end of 2025, according to TMZ

LARGEST MUSIC CATALOGUE
ACQUISITIONS (selective list)

The Beach Boys
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Neil Young*
Mötley Crüe
Britney Spears
Dr. Dre
Justin Bieber
Katy Perry
David Bowie
Paul Simon
Kiss
Phil Collins/Genesis
Sting
Tina Turner
Taylor Swift†
Pink Floyd
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Michael Jackson*
Queen

2021
2021
2021
2021
2025
2023
2023
2023
2022
2021
2024
2022
2022
2021
2025
2024
2020
2021
2024
2024

$100m
$140m
$150m
$150m
$200m
$200m
$200m
$225m
$250m
$250m
$300m
$300m
$300m
$300m
$360m
$400m
$500m
$500m
$600m
$1.2bn

*Half of his music catalogue. †Buys back her own music catalogue from Shamrock Capital – previously
owned by Scooter Braun who bought Big Machine Records, which she originally sold it to in 2005

Sources: TMZ, BBC, Yahoo! Finance
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