ZZ Top Sells Catalog to BMG and KKR for Around $50 Million

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BMG and KKR have clubbed all their Christmas money together and bought themselves every single music right ZZ Top had knocking about.The music company and investment firm have a long history together, and in March this year formally announced a new alliance to get in on the latest music rights acquisition fad.Through that alliance they’ve now acquired ZZ Top’s publishing catalogue, as well as the band’s royalty rights on the recordings side, for a reported $50 million.

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Bruce Springsteen reportedly sold his iconic song and publishing catalog to Sony Music for a whopping $500 million.

Wall Street Journal, the catalog is worth around $50 million.“We are proud to continue working with and expand our long-standing relationship with BMG. This new deal ensures ZZ Top’s remarkable legacy will endure for generations to come,” ZZ Top manager Carl Stubner of Shelter Music Group said in a statement.ZZ Top – guitarist and vocalist Billy Gibbons, bassist, keys and vox Dusty Hill, and drummer Frank Beard – formed in the early 1970s, playing blues-influenced rock.

Bruce Springsteen has apparently signed over his entire back catalogue of masters and their publishing to Sony for a reported $500 million (£376 million). 

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