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Catalogue Sales

Music Industry 

Here’s a running list of artists who have sold some or all of their song catalogues to a new breed of company. (Updated as required)

January 27, 2023January 26, 2023 Alan Cross 21 Comments Catalog Sales, Catalogue Sales, Concord, Eldridge, Hipgnosis, Primary Wave, Publishing, Round Hill

[If you’re seeing this in your feed again, it’s because another deal has gone down. -AC] The music world is

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Music Industry 

What are the future prospects for big-money music catalogue sales?

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Catalog Sales, Catalogue Sales, Concord, Hipgnosis, Inflation, Primary Wave

For the last couple of years, I’ve been keeping a running list of all the artists who have sold some

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, May 26, 2022

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Aerosmith, Catalogue Sales, Disco, Jarvis Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Kanye, Radio, Smashing Pumpkins, Steve Tyler, TikTok

Japan continues to lead the world in vending machine technology. And this site does pretty good for music news on

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Music Industry 

Rumour: Pink Floyd is looking to sell their catalogue [UPDATE]

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Catalog Sales, Catalogue Sales, Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd is one of the most successful acts in the history of recorded music. I don’t have an exact

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Interview 

Gene Simmons on the future of KISS, selling song catalogues, and vodka

December 30, 2021January 2, 2022 Alan Cross 6 Comments Catalogue Sales, Gene Simmons, Moneybag, Vodka

Gene Simmons is at the other end of a Zoom call. He’s at his home in LA with the family

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Music Industry 

Mid-year streaming/sales report shows that rock is far from dead.

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album sales, Catalogue Sales, MRC Data, Streaming

With so many people worldwide having to deal with stay-at-home and lockdown orders because of the pandemic, it’s no surprise

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Music Industry 

Report: Red Hot Chili Peppers sell their catalogue to Hipgnosis for US$140 million

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Catalogue Sales, Hipgnosis, Red Hot Chili Peppers

In the latest gigantic catalogue sale, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold the rights to all their songs going

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Monday, November 30, 2020

November 30, 2020November 29, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Catalogue Sales, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Grammys, Heart, System of a Down, TikTok, Twenty One Pilots, Van Morrison

It’s Cyber Monday. But given that so many of us are in lockdown anyway, is that even a thing this

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Music Industry 

2015 Was the First Year Old Records Outsold New Ones

January 18, 2016 Alan Cross 2 Comments Catalogue Sales, Music sales, New Music Sales

The record industry is like a shark. It has to keep moving forward lest it sink and drown. That means

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