David Bowie: Singer's estate sells rights to his entire body of work to WCM

04 January 2022

David Bowie's estate has sold the publishing rights to his "entire body of work" to Warner Chappell Music, including hundreds of songs such as Space Oddity, Changes and Let's Dance.

WCM now has global music publishing rights to his song catalogue, the singer's estate told the BBC.

Variety suggested the deal was worth "upwards of $250m (£185m)", but the terms of the agreement were not given.

Bowie died of cancer in 2016. He was hailed as an extraordinary artist and genius in a huge global outpouring of tributes from fellow music stars, including Sir Paul McCartney, the ROLLING STONES, Brian Eno and Madonna among others.

The agreement with WCM includes the 26 studio albums released during Bowie's lifetime and the posthumous studio album release, Toy, plus the two studio albums from TIN MACHINE - the rock supergroup fronted by Bowie.

Tracks released as singles from soundtracks and other projects are also included.

Given the ups and downs of the music industry over the last 20 years, the appeal of a big cheque is, perhaps, unsurprising - especially for 'heritage' acts.

This deal follows huge names, including Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, recently selling the rights to their music catalogues.

Source: bbc.com

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