Teletubby 156,408 Posted Tuesday at 09:09 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:09 PM (edited) Britney Spears has sold her song catalog and an unclear number of other rights to Primary Wave, two sources confirm to Variety. It seems safe to assume that Spears’ share of her royalties and publishing rights were included in the deal. Spears has songwriting credits on nearly 40 of the songs in her catalog, although few of them were major hits apart from the ballad “Everytime” and fan favorites like “Me Against the Music,” “S&M,” “Work Bitch!” and others. Details were unclear —and likely under iron-clad non-disclosure agreements — but TMZ estimated the deal to be in the low nine figures. Sony Music continues to control the rights to Spears’ masters. Britney's % Authorship Interest: 1. CLUMSY - 10.00% 2. (I'VE JUST BEGUN) HAVING MY FUN - 25.00% 3. ALIEN - 10.00% 4. AND THEN WE KISS - 33.34% 5. ANTICIPATING - 33.34% 6. BEFORE THE GOODBYE - 25.00% 7. BETTER - 25.00% 8. BODY ACHE - 5.00% 9. BRAVE NEW GIRL - 25.00% 10. BRIGHTEST MORNING STAR - 25.00% 11. CHILLIN' WITH YOU - 4.55% 12. CINDERELLA - 10.00% 13. COUPURE ELECTRIQUE - 25.00% 14. DEAR DIARY - 15.00% 15. DON'T CRY - 40.00% 16. DON'T HANG UP - 33.33% 17. EARLY MORNIN' - 10.00% 18. EVERYTIME - 65.00% 19. FOLLOW ME - 50.00% 20. FREAKSHOW - 5.00% 21. HOLD ON TIGHT - 50.00% 22. I'M SO CURIOUS - 50.00% 23. INTIMIDATED - 25.00% 24. INVITATION - 25.00% 25. IT SHOULD BE EASY - 10.00% 26. JUST LIKE ME - 25.00% 27. LET ME BE - 33.34% 28. LONELY - 30.00% 29. MAKE ME - 8.50% 30. MANNEQUIN - 20.00% 31. ME AGAINST THE MUSIC - 14.00% 32. MIND YOUR BUSINESS - 25.00% 33. MMM PAPI - 33.34% 34. MONA LISA - 60.00% 35. MY BABY - 75.00% 36. NOW THAT I FOUND YOU - 5.00% 37. OOH OOH BABY - 7.50% 38. PERFUME - 5.00% 39. PRIVATE SHOW - 10.00% 40. YOU ROCK ME IN - 33.34% 41. SCARY - 10.00% 42. SHADOW - 10.00% 43. SHOWDOWN - 20.00% 44. SOMEDAY (I WILL UNDERSTAND) - 100.00% 45. THAT'S WHERE YOU TAKE ME - 33.33% 46. THE HOOK UP - 16.67% 47. TIK TIK BOOM - 5.00% 48. TIL IT'S GONE - 6.00% 49. TOUCH OF MY HAND - 25.00% 50. WHAT YOU NEED - 30.00% 51. WHIPLASH - 33.34% 52. WORK BITCH - 10.00% 53. FOLLOW ME (REMIX) - 30.00% 54. ME AGAINST THE MUSIC-CHIX MIX - 15.00% 55. PERFUME (THE DREAMING MIX) - 5.00% 56. SPRING BREAKERS - 1.8000% 57. SPRING BREAKERS FEATURING KESHA - 1.3500% Edited 19 hours ago by Teletubby Ten years later, it's been a decade 8 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
27monster27 14,962 Posted Tuesday at 09:12 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:12 PM Hopefully she gets away from RCA. he/him/his Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookytanooki 1,298 Posted Tuesday at 09:14 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:14 PM I just a did a tiny little bit of reading on Primary Wave, and it seems as though they hold the rights to the catolgues of many dead (and essentially dead) musicians. I guess it's true; Britney is officially done as a recording artist if you don't have something nice to say, be mean 1 7 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timdrake 1,407 Posted Tuesday at 09:16 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:16 PM Just now, spookytanooki said: (and essentially dead) musicians 13 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookytanooki 1,298 Posted Tuesday at 09:22 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:22 PM 6 minutes ago, timdrake said: You heard me if you don't have something nice to say, be mean 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mayhem 2,717 Posted Tuesday at 09:22 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:22 PM All that iconic music for LOW millions??? Is she that strapped for cash? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mayhem 2,717 Posted Tuesday at 09:23 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:23 PM 8 minutes ago, spookytanooki said: I just a did a tiny little bit of reading on Primary Wave, and it seems as though they hold the rights to the catolgues of many dead (and essentially dead) musicians. I guess it's true; Britney is officially done as a recording artist She should've waited to do the Superbowl and THEN retire and sell...oh well 2 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamite 63,630 Posted Tuesday at 09:25 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:25 PM 2 minutes ago, Lord Mayhem said: All that iconic music for LOW millions??? Is she that strapped for cash? It says low 9 figures, which starts from 100 million Like a poem said by a neydy in red 7 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teletubby 156,408 Posted Tuesday at 09:32 PM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 09:32 PM 7 minutes ago, Lord Mayhem said: All that iconic music for LOW millions??? Is she that strapped for cash? many of her hits were written by others, she has no songwriting credit on Toxic, ...Baby One More Time, Oops!... I Did It Again, Womanizer, Stronger, Gimme More, I'm a Slave 4 U and more, which lowered the value of her catalog. Ten years later, it's been a decade Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 17,429 Posted Tuesday at 09:32 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:32 PM 3 minutes ago, dynamite said: It says low 9 figures, which starts from 100 million I left a similar comment earlier because, for some reason I envisioned 9 figures as -,---,--- then I was so embarrassed I requested a mod delete it 23 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamite 63,630 Posted Tuesday at 09:33 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:33 PM (edited) 2 minutes ago, NUTELLA said: I left a similar comment earlier because, for some reason I envisioned 9 figures as -,---,--- then I was so embarrassed I requested a mod delete it I just knew 1 million = 6 figures Oh my god typing it out, no it isn't But I knew it was more than a million and googled what 9 figures actually was Edited Tuesday at 09:34 PM by dynamite Like a poem said by a neydy in red 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUTELLA 17,429 Posted Tuesday at 09:35 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:35 PM 1 minute ago, dynamite said: I just knew 1 million = 6 figures Oh my god typing it out, no it isn't But I knew it was more than a million and googled what 9 figures actually was We got there in the end 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson123 40,603 Posted Tuesday at 09:40 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:40 PM Good for her. Just retire already Queen, you’ve been through enough hell. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeFree 210 Posted Tuesday at 09:54 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:54 PM (edited) Good for her. Rolling stone claimed it’s similar to Bieber’s $200M deal. She deserves it and will never have to work again if she chooses not to. Edited Tuesday at 09:55 PM by BeFree Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTV 13,184 Posted Tuesday at 09:55 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 09:55 PM Poor Brit and her fans. I hope she's happy and staying healthy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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