Justin Bieber

Hipgnosis has confirmed that its much rumoured deal with Justin Bieber is now in the bag. Under the deal, worth a reported $200 million, Hipgnosis acquires ...

“I’m so proud of him and all those involved over the years in helping amass this incredible body of work. Braun himself says of the big deal: “I want to thank Merck and his entire Hipgnosis team and all of our partners involved for working so hard to make this historic deal happen. [Hipgnosis Songs Fund](https://completemusicupdate.com/tag/hipgnosis-songs-fund/) Then noting again Bieber’s age and achievements, before bigging up his long-term manager Scooter Braun, Mercuriadis goes on: “This acquisition ranks among the biggest deals ever made for an artist under the age of 70, such is the power of this incredible catalogue. Hipgnosis has confirmed that its much rumoured deal with Justin Bieber is now in the bag. Hipgnosis chief Merck Mercuriadis adds: “The impact of Justin Bieber on global culture over the last fourteen years has truly been remarkable.

Justin Bieber has sold his share of the rights to his music to Hipgnosis Songs Capital for a reported $200m. The firm now owns the pop star's stake in some ...

The star's artist rights to his master recordings were also acquired in the deal. Justin Bieber has sold his share of the rights to his music to Hipgnosis Songs Capital for a reported $200m. The firm now owns the pop star's stake in some of the biggest hits of recent years - including "Baby" and "Sorry".

Pop star sold his music publishing and recording catalogue shares to Hipgnosis Songs Capital, the company said.

Hipgnosis Songs Capital is a $1bn venture between financial giant Blackstone and the British Hipgnosis Song Management. Recording rights govern reproduction and distribution. Pop juggernaut Justin Bieber has sold his music publishing and recording catalogue shares to the Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital for $200m, the company said, marking the industry’s latest blockbuster rights deal.

The popstar, 28, sold his 290-song back catalogue to Hipgnosis Songs Capital.

In January 2022, Sony acquired the rights to his master recordings for $200 million. He was due to play two shows at [Dubai's Coca-Cola Arena last October](https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/on-stage/2022/09/15/justin-bieber-cancels-two-coca-cola-arena-dubai-shows-amid-ongoing-health-battle/). [Stevie Nicks](https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/stevie-nicks-thought-harry-styles-was-in-nsync-1.844133) sold a majority stake in her catalogue to Primary Wave for $100 million. [Bob Dylan ](https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/the-lighter-side-of-bob-dylan-s-catalogue-from-talkin-john-birch-paranoid-blues-to-tweeter-and-the-monkey-man-1.1124900)sold 100 per cent of his publishing catalogue of more than 600 songs to Universal Music in 2020, in a deal reported to be worth up to $400 million. Bieber's longtime home Universal will continue to administer the catalogue and still owns the artist's master recordings. [Neil Young](https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/from-bob-dylan-to-neil-young-why-are-major-artists-selling-their-music-catalogues-1.1141690) sold 50 per cent of his catalogue — 1,180 tracks — to Hipgnosis in January 2021 in a deal reported to be worth $150 million. [sold his entire catalogue to Hipgnosis](https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/2022/05/27/justin-timberlake-sells-entire-song-catalogue-to-hipgnosis/) for more than $100 million. Recording rights govern reproduction and distribution. [Justin Bieber](https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/2022/09/07/justin-bieber-promoter-says-no-change-to-dubai-tour-dates-but-fans-should-await-updates/) has sold his music publishing and recording catalogue shares to the Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $200 million, the company said on Tuesday, marking the industry's latest blockbuster rights deal. [investment firm Shamrock Holdings](https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/taylor-swift-slams-300-million-sale-of-her-albums-to-private-equity-company-1.1112884). US pop rock band Imagine Dragons sold their entire catalogue up until 2020 to Concord Music Publishing in a deal said to have exceeded $100 million. [Ramsay Hunt ](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2022/06/10/what-is-ramsey-hunt-syndrome-the-disorder-affecting-justin-bieber/) [syndrome](https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2022/06/10/what-is-ramsey-hunt-syndrome-the-disorder-affecting-justin-bieber/), a rare complication of shingles that for him caused partial facial paralysis.

It was reported previously that Universal Music Group would still own his master recordings in the deal. The BBC writes that Bieber's artist rights to his ...

[Nas](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/nas) recently sold the royalty rights to two of his songs as NFTs and Justin Timberlake sold his full discography for just over $100million (£83.1million) last year. The move marks the firm’s biggest ever acquisition. [Phil Collins](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/phil-collins) and [Genesis](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/genesis) sold their publishing rights and master recordings for $300million earlier this year, while Pink Floyd were looking to do the same for around £400million. In other news, Bieber recently called out H&M for selling a line of merchandise containing his image and lyrics without his permission, calling the items “trash” and encouraging his fans not to buy them. [Justin Bieber](https://www.nme.com/en_au/artists/justin-bieber) has sold his share of the rights to his 290-song catalogue to Hipgnosis Songs Capital for a reported $200million (£166.3million). [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64394448) writes that Bieber’s artist rights to his master recordings were also sold to Hipgnosis.

Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey were living in style on Tuesday night as they ventured out in New York City to celebrate the sale of his entire music ...

Hipgnosis Song Management offer investors the chance to earn royalties from the work of a diverse range of artists such as Barry Manilow and Beyonce. Stealing the sartorial spotlight from Hailey Bieber can be difficult, to near impossible. The soft pink pick in question hails from cult favourite CHERRY LA, which is instantly identifiable by its logo embroidery. Or get inspired in our edit... Click through to make it yours here! At the time, the singer was reportedly in negotiations with Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital in a deal, which would include both his publishing and recorded music catalog. The big ziti! 'Scooter Braun has helped him build a magnificent catalog, and it’s a pleasure to welcome Justin and his incredible songs and recordings to the Hipgnosis family.' Feeling good: Justin and Hailey were seen in NYC earlier in the day for the first time since he sold his entire music catalog for $200million On the town: Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey were living in style on Tuesday night as they ventured out in New York City to celebrate the sale of his entire music catalogue for $200 million She had on a white button-up shirt under it that was covered up, and she complemented the jacket with her pointy-toed black heels. He wore the jacket over a white shirt and contrasted it with black pants covered in large white polka dots.

Hipgnosis said Bieber, one of the youngest artists to cash in on their catalogues amid a boom in music licensing deals, had made a huge impact on global ...

It was propelled by the pandemic, when many artists lost their source of income because they could no longer tour or perform, and investors flush with cash because of few investment opportunities in a low-interest-rate environment backed big deals to acquire popular music as a way to secure regular income derived from their copyrights. “We haven’t seen the terms of this deal [between Bieber and Hipgnosis], but often, assigning your music rights means losing your say over when and where that music is used,” she said. Funds such as Hipgnosis would acquire artists’ catalogues, bundle them together and pay dividends to shareholders off the royalties derived from their ownership of the song rights. The owners of both copyrights need to sign off on any deal to license the song. Under the terms of their agreement, Hipgnosis acquired Bieber’s publishing copyrights. “The impact of Justin Bieber on global culture over the last 14 years has truly been remarkable,” said Merck Mercuriadis, the chief executive of Hipgnosis Songs Fund, in a news release. Blackstone also bought an ownership stake in Hipgnosis Song Management. But the acquisition of Bieber’s music rights stands out among recent such deals because of Bieber’s age, says Richard Baskind, the head of the music department at the London-based law firm Simons Muirhead Burton. “They are being offered more in these deals than they would see in their lifetime if they retained and continued exercising these rights themselves. Accruing money generated from music can be a slow process and an administrative burden, with many royalty collection societies only paying out a few times a year.” The biggest deals have typically involved older artists who are selling the rights to decades of their life’s work. Justin Bieber has sold the rights to his music to a Blackstone-backed investment fund — becoming the latest, and one of the youngest, artists to cash in on their catalogues amid a boom in music licensing deals.

The UK-based investment firm reportedly paid around $200 million for Justin Bieber's 290-song catalog of music.

[Justin Timberlake also sold his music catalog](/entertainment/entertainment-news/justin-timberlake-sells-his-entire-music-catalog-in-deal-worth-100-million/) to Hipgnosis in 2022 for a reported $100 million. “The impact of Justin Bieber on global culture over the last 14 years has truly been remarkable,” Merck Mercuriadis, founder and CEO of Hipgnosis Song Management said in a statement. “For 15 years I have been grateful to witness this journey and today I am happy for all those involved.

Bieber joins a growing list of high-profile artists, including Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, in signing major deals to sell the rights to their back ...

He revealed the diagnosis after announcing that he would have to postpone a number of shows due to an ongoing health issues. “For 15 years I have been grateful to witness this journey and today I am happy for all those involved. “The impact of Justin Bieber on global culture over the last 14 years has truly been remarkable,” Merck Mercuriadis, founder and CEO of Hipgnosis Song Management said in a statement. NBC News was not immediately able to confirm the amount. A spokesperson for Hipgnosis said the company was not able to disclose that information. [Bob Dylan](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/bob-dylan-sells-entire-catalog-recorded-music-sony-music-rcna13434) and [Bruce Springsteen](https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/bruce-springsteen-e-street-band-announce-2023-concert-tour-rcna30261), in making major deals to sell the rights to their back catalogues.

Justin Bieber is not exactly breaking new ground in selling the rights to his work to Hipgnosis Songs Capital for $200m (£162m), but what is eyebrow-raising ...

The Bieber deal is unlikely to be the last done by Hipgnosis Songs Capital. Hipgnosis values its catalogue at $2.2bn (£1.78bn) but the company currently has a stock market valuation of just over £1bn. Warner Music, meanwhile, bought the publishing rights to Bowie's back catalogue for $250m in January last year. For example, Sony of Japan last year bought the rights to Springsteen's back catalogue, while US-based Universal Music bought Dylan's works at the end of 2020. That enabled him to buy the rights to yet more songs. In 1997, he and his management team came up with the idea of selling asset-backed securities to investors, paying them a return from a share of his future royalties for the next 10 years.

Justin Bieber closed a deal with music investment and song management company Hipgnosis Songs Capital. Bieber sold the rights to all 290 songs in his ...

[sold](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/26/media/justin-timberlake-music-catalog-sale/index.html) his entire song catalog— of roughly 200 songs— to Hipgnosis in May 2022 for upwards of $100 million, according to estimates from The Wall Street Journal. [sold](https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielshapiro/2021/04/30/inside-paul-simons-catalog-sale-at-250-million-its-one-of-musics-biggest-bob-dylan/?sh=468cafeb2ade) the rights to his song catalog to Sony Music Entertainment, which included hundreds of original compositions ranging from "The Sound of Silence" and "You Can Call Me Al." The agreement included his 26 studio albums and posthumous album, Toy, which was released the same month as the deal, Variety [reported](https://variety.com/2022/music/news/david-bowie-publishing-catalog-acquired-warner-chappell-1235145941/). Dylan, who has sold more than 125 million records worldwide, is also the [ first songwriter to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature](https://www.businessinsider.com/bob-dylan-just-won-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-2016-10). In 2020, Dylan signed over his entire song catalog of more than 600 songs to Universal Music Publishing Group. He released six studio albums, 290 songs, and sold more than 150 million records worldwide, according to the statement from Hipgnosis.

The Canadian-American pop star's six albums, including his most recent album “Justice,” are part of the massive catalog sale deal with Hipgnosis, a U.K-based ...

A song or album that sells more than a million copies receives platinum certification, while works that surpass two million sales become multiplatinum. Bieber's publishing copyrights, songwriter's ownership, master recordings and all rights of his entire catalog of recordings made through 2021 are now owned by Hipgnosis. Hipgnosis [acquired Shakira's catalog](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-shakira-30e5d4736c1927fe4f02c95fd856f055) in 2018. Mercuriadis said that Bieber is a defining artist in the streaming age and “the acquisition ranks among the biggest deals ever made for an artist under the age of 70.” “Justin is truly a once in a generation artist and that is reflected and acknowledged by the magnitude of this deal.” Scooter Braun, Bieber’s longtime manager, said in a statement Tuesday. [Sting](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-bob-dylan-stevie-nicks-paul-simon-911cda08593588e06ec16e5f983cb5a4), [Bob Dylan](https://apnews.com/article/bob-dylan-music-catalog-umg-7748e53ffd61e8fe6652a1b6af82ed20) and Shakira have in recent years sold rights to their catalogs for massive sums, but at 28 Bieber is the youngest superstar singer to do so.

These sales, which have grown in popularity in recent years, are more typical for musicians at the end of their careers, with their legacies already in ...

He got [Lyme disease](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/stars-whove-battled-lyme-disease-justin-bieber-bella-hadid-more/) and has had [a couple](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/10/justin-bieber-hailey-baldwin-church-ceremony-upstate-canada) wedding [ceremonies](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/10/justin-bieber-hailey-baldwin-wedding-photos) (to one person—Hailey Bieber). [peed in that bucket](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2013/12/charity-water-justin-bieber). There was the thing with the [monkey](https://people.com/pets/justin-bieber-opens-up-about-his-confiscated-monkey-it-was-the-farthest-thing-from-fine/). That interest itself might have been driven by that warm feeling of good music during the hardest pandemic years, and also companies like Spotify, which have provided new avenues for the tippy-top of successful musicians to make money. Hipgnosis also has Barry Manilow and the other Justin, Justin Timberlake. The sales from legacy musicians get a ton of headlines, but Hipgnosis and Vine Alternative Investments have snapped up the catalogs of younger musicians like Shakira and Calvin Harris, respectively. Catalog sales seem to attract musicians at the end of their careers, ones who can look back on their body of work and say, sure, use those songs in car commercials, or whatever. People like Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks, Paul Simon, the Beach Boys, Neil Young, who have sold their catalogs, or large portions of them. Neither side will confirm how much, but the catalog is grade A, pure American-by-way-of-Canada pop. The estimate is just above $200 million, per “Sorry”? “Baby”?

Justin Bieber is the latest musician to sell the rights to his entire catalog of music. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Billboard music publishing reporter ...

The Canadian-American pop star's six albums, including his most recent album “Justice,” are part of the massive catalog sale deal with Hipgnosis, a U.K-based ...

A song or album that sells more than a million copies receives platinum certification, while works that surpass two million sales become multiplatinum. Bieber’s publishing copyrights, songwriter’s ownership, master recordings and all rights of his entire catalog of recordings made through 2021 are now owned by Hipgnosis. Hipgnosis [acquired Shakira’s catalog](https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-shakira-30e5d4736c1927fe4f02c95fd856f055) in 2018.