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Warner Chappell Music (WCM) has bought the complete catalog of the British
David Bowie,
as announced this Monday by the multinational, which highlights that he has acquired songs published over six decades from
his 26 studio albums.
The magazine "Variety" ensures that Warner has paid Bowie's heirs
more than 250 million dollars (221 million euros)
for the catalog of the musician who died in 2016 at the age of 69.
Among the songs purchased are hits like "Heroes", "Changes", "Let's Dance", "Ziggy Stardust", "Starman", "Rebel Rebel", "Fame", or
his collaboration with Queen from 1981, "Under Pressure ",
to name the most popular.
"These are not just extraordinary songs, but
milestones that have changed the course of modern music
forever," WCM CEO Guy Moot said in a statement, describing the catalog as "groundbreaking, influential and timeless."
The agreement also includes
the posthumous album "Toy",
which will be released this coming Friday, and which integrates new recordings carried out in New York in 2000 of his songs published between 1964 and 1971, along with a couple of new songs.
Last September, the record giant already announced that it had acquired the rights to all the albums Bowie recorded throughout his career.
The figure of 250 million dollars is less than half of the 535 million dollars that some British media had talked about in November, and is far from the 500 million that Sony paid last December for the catalog of another music icon, Bruce Springsteen.
The agreement reached with Bowie's estate has been announced less than a week before his 75th birthday on January 8, and which has been celebrated with the opening of two stores with British marketing in London and New York, and with the publication in November of the record collection "Brilliant Adventure (1992-2001)".
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