Britney Spears has sold the rights to her entire music catalog to Primary Wave.
Hits including “… Baby One More Time,” “Sometimes,” “Oops! … I Did It Again,” “(You Drive Me) Crazy,” “Lucky,” “I’m a Slave 4 U,” among many others now will be owned by Primary Wave, according to Rolling Stone and multiple outlets.
The independent publisher is home to artists including Bob Marley, Stevie Nicks, Smokey Robinson, Whitney Houston, Prince, Olivia Newton-John, Ray Charles, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Paul Anka, Boy George, Air Supply, Noel Hogan (Cranberries), Dan Wilson, KT Tunstall, Patrick Leonard, Sturken & Rogers and many more.
The Spears deal reportedly was signed on December 30, according to TMZ, which first reported the news. Although the amount Primary Wave paid for Spears’ music catalog is unknown, sources told the publication it was around the same as the $200M deal Justin Bieber secured when he sold his music to Hipgnosis Songs Capital in 2023.
Other songs in the deal include “Circus,” “If U Seek Amy,” “Break the Ice,” “Don’t Let Me Be the Last to Know,” “Everytime,” “Gimme More,” “Hold It Against Me,” “I Wanna Go,” “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman,” “My Prerogative,” “Overprotected,” “Piece of Me,” “Stronger,” “Till The World Ends,” “Toxic” and “Womanizer.”
Spears joins a group of consolidated artists who have sold their music catalogs in recent years like Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, KISS, Neil Young, Randy Newman and more.
Primary Wave also has a talent management division that represents artists such as Melissa Etheridge, Cypress Hill, Fantasia, Plain White T’s, Skid Row and Extreme, among others.