Beyonce, Adele Songwriter Ryan Tedder Sells Majority Stake of Catalog to KKR

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFrom Donald Trump’s lifetime ban to Elon Musk’s comments about the coronavirus, the rules and policies that govern Twitter have been a subject of extensive discussion and analysis in recent months.The topic flared up again last week, when K-pop fans essentially hijacked the right-wing-leaning “#ImpeachBidenNow” hashtag, filling it with photos and videos of K-pop artists and mocking anti-Trump comments, repeating a tactic that they used last spring with the

Adele's has turned 10! In a reflective Instagram post on Sunday, the GRAMMY winner looked back at her sophomore album. , which was released on Jan. 24, 2011, was named after the age Adele was when she wrote it, and largely inspired by her then-fresh breakup.

Adele sent fans wild when she shared a rare snap to her Instagram and it left them all begging her to answer their crucial question - when is her next album!The powerful songstress posted a throwback snap of her iconic album 21 which has hit its 10 year anniversary.Adele captioned the series of commemorative snaps with "Well I never! Happy 10 years old friend! It’s crazy how little I remember of what it was like and how I felt a decade ago.

Adele dropped her album "21" and she's now reflecting back on the life-changing album. "21" was released on Jan. 24, 2011 as a follow up to her 2008 album "19." The album was a smash success, winning Adele Grammys for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, as well as Guinness World Records in 2012 for digital sales in the UK and US, as well as consecutive and cumulative weeks in the number 1 spot on UK charts by a solo female artist.

Watch: Adele finalises divorce from Simon KoneckiAdele and her former husband Simon Konecki have reached a divorce settlement. It comes almost two years after the Hello singer and the charity entrepreneur went their separate ways.

Adele reportedly hired mediators to help her split her fortune with her ex husband Simon Konecki.The Hello singer, 32, reportedly met a divorce settlement with Simon, 46, two years after they announced their split. And it has now been claimed the couple used mediators to help them negotiate the terms of their split, including custody of their eight year old son Angelo.

Adele and Simon Konecki‘s marriage is one step closer to being officially over.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLive Nation, the world’s largest live-entertainment company, has acquired a majority stake in Veeps, the ticketed livestream platform launched by Joel and Benji Madden of the band Good Charlotte.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBMG announced that it has acquired “outright” Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood’s interests in the band’s recordings.The deal gives BMG Fleetwood’s royalty interest in over 300 recordings, including the hits including “Dreams” — which enjoyed a massive resurgence due to recent popularity on TikTok — “The Chain,” “Go Your Own Way” and “Landslide” from albums including the multiplatinum albums “Fleetwood Mac,” “Rumours,” “Tango in the Night” and others.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAt a time when there’s no shortage of things to wish for, Adele’s long-awaited fourth studio album is high on the list.

OneRepublic vocalist and songwriter to the stars Ryan Tedder has sold a majority stake in his publishing catalogue to KKR, the investment firm that was pretty active in music rights for a while as a key financial backer of the current incarnation of BMG in its early years.Tedder’s catalogue contains nearly 500 songs, including works recorded by the likes of Beyonce, Adele, Lady Gaga, U2 and Cardi B, as well as OneRepublic.“The music industry is undergoing an incredible period of transformation”,

Romanian director Alexander Nanau joined Deadline’s Contenders International awards-season event to talk about his searing documentary Collective, one of the year’s most acclaimed films as winner of the European Film Award for documentary. It is also Romania’s official entry to the International Feature Film Oscar race, as well as a strong contender in the Documentary Feature competition too.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe music-publishing catalog of songwriter-producer Dan Wilson, known for his hits with Adele, the (Dixie) Chicks and his own band Semisonic, has been acquired by Primary Wave.Terms of the deal include some of Wilson’s biggest hits: three from Adele, including the smash “Someone Like You”; six from the (Dixie) Chicks, including their Grammy-winning hit “Not Ready to Make Nice”; and songs recorded by Taylor Swift, John Legend, Dierks Bentley, Pink, Josh Groban, Chris

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn its third major acquisition of the week, Hipgnosis Songs has acquired 50% of Neil Young’s worldwide copyright and income interests in his entire song catalog, which comprises 1,180 songs, including such hits as “Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” “Helpless,” “Hey Hey My My (Into the Black),” “Ohio,” “Old Man,” “Mr.

Mr. Bean and Johnny English actor Rowan Atkinson has bemoaned the rise of cancel culture, comparing keyboard warriors to a “medieval mob roaming the streets looking for someone to burn.”