Red Hot Chili Peppers Sell Catalog to Hipgnosis Songs for Upwards of $140 Million

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Red Hot Chili Peppers are selling their songwriting catalogue to Hipgnosis, joining an extensive list of artists who have recently signed over their intellectual property in multi-million dollar deals.The deal, which Billboard reports may not have closed yet, is worth at least £100million ($140million) and is likely to include their hit tracks ‘Snow (Hey Oh)’, ‘Californication’, ‘Otherside’, ‘Can’t Stop’ and ‘Give It Away’, among others.The band’s publishing catalogue was mostly written by

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are the latest stars to sell their song catalog!

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