{"id":581151,"date":"2026-02-11T01:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/581151\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T01:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T01:51:10","slug":"britney-spears-sells-entire-music-catalog-to-primary-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/581151\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Sells Entire Music Catalog To Primary Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/britney-spears\/\" id=\"auto-tag_britney-spears\" data-tag=\"britney-spears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Britney Spears<\/a> has sold the rights to her entire music catalog to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/primary-wave\/\" id=\"auto-tag_primary-wave\" data-tag=\"primary-wave\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Primary Wave<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHits including \u201c\u2026 Baby One More Time,\u201d \u201cSometimes,\u201d \u201cOops! \u2026 I Did It Again,\u201d \u201c(You Drive Me) Crazy,\u201d \u201cLucky,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m a Slave 4 U,\u201d among many others now will be owned by Primary Wave, according to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/britney-spears-sells-rights-entire-music-catalog-1235514295\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a> and multiple outlets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe independent publisher is home to artists including Bob Marley, Stevie Nicks, Smokey Robinson, Whitney Houston, Prince, Olivia Newton-John, Ray Charles, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Paul Anka, Boy George, Air Supply, Noel Hogan (Cranberries), Dan Wilson, KT Tunstall, Patrick Leonard, Sturken &amp; Rogers and many more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Spears deal reportedly was signed on December 30, according to\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/10\/britney-spears-sells-music-catalog\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, which first reported the news. Although the amount Primary Wave paid for Spears\u2019 music catalog is unknown, sources told the publication it was around the same as the $200M deal Justin Bieber secured when he sold his music to Hipgnosis Songs Capital in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOther songs in the deal include \u201cCircus,\u201d \u201cIf U Seek Amy,\u201d \u201cBreak the Ice,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Let Me Be the Last to Know,\u201d \u201cEverytime,\u201d \u201cGimme More,\u201d \u201cHold It Against Me,\u201d \u201cI Wanna Go,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman,\u201d \u201cMy Prerogative,\u201d \u201cOverprotected,\u201d \u201cPiece of Me,\u201d \u201cStronger,\u201d \u201cTill The World Ends,\u201d \u201cToxic\u201d and \u201cWomanizer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSpears joins a group of consolidated artists who have sold their music catalogs in recent years like Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, KISS, Neil Young, Randy Newman and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPrimary Wave also has a talent management division that represents artists such as Melissa Etheridge, Cypress Hill, Fantasia, Plain White T\u2019s, Skid Row and Extreme, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Britney Spears has sold the rights to her entire music catalog to Primary Wave. 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