Warner Music acquires David Bowie’s songs catalogue for $250 million

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NEW YORK -- The extensive music catalog of David Bowie, stretching from the late 1960s to just before his death in 2016, has been sold to Warner Chappell Music.More than 400 songs, among them “Space Oddity,” “Ziggy Stardust,” “Fame,” “Rebel Rebel” and “Let’s Dance” on 26 Bowie studio albums released during his lifetime, a posthumous studio album release, Toy, two studio albums from Tin Machine, as well as tracks released as singles from soundtracks and other projects, are included.Financial

NEW YORK -- Albums:— “Space Oddity” (1969)— “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” (1972)— “Diamond Dogs” (1974)— “Young Americans” (1975)— “ChangesOneBowie” (1976)— “Heroes” (1977)— “Let’s Dance” (1983)— “Tonight” (1984)— “Heathen” (2002)— “The Next Day” (2013)— “Blackstar” (2016)Songs:— “Space Oddity” (1969)— “Changes” (1972)— “Rebel Rebel” (1974)— “Young Americans” (1975)— “Fame” (1975)— “Golden Years” (1975)— “Suffragette City” (1976)— “Heroes” (1977)— “Fashion”

David Bowie’s catalog has been acquired by Warner Chappell Music, extending a recent string of high-profile music rights deals.