Unlike other prominent colleagues, US singer Madonna (“Frozen”) would like to keep the rights to her songs.
When asked why she was reluctant to even consider selling her catalog of songs, the 63-year-old pop icon told US industry publication Variety: “Because they’re my songs. Ownership is everything, isn’t it?”
More and more musicians are selling their song rights: Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shakira, Tina Turner and many more sold the rights to their music. The US music publisher Warner Chappell Music reportedly secured the rights to the entire work of pop legend David Bowie, who died in 2016, for 250 million dollars (around 220 million euros).
Madonna, meanwhile, is going a different route: together with the music group Warner Music Group, the singer wants to release her previous albums again, as was announced last year. The singer, who became world famous with hits like “Like a Virgin” or “Material Girl”, worked with Warner Music for the first 25 years of her career, but then temporarily left the label in 2007.
