Justin Timberlake Sells 100% of Song Catalog to Hipgnosis for ~$100M

[Budda]

Really thought he would get more. I know his career didn’t go as planned, but he still had a run.

How? He overachieved if anything he wasn’t even the main most talented singer in Nsync, JC was and his career went nowhere after that band.

 

[NSSVO]

How? He overachieved if anything he wasn’t even the main most talented singer in Nsync, JC was and his career went nowhere after that band.

He was positioned to be the lead. He had like three impactful albums. I would’ve assumed he had five in him pause

 

[Clark Wayne]

Damn. It does seem low. He doesn’t have a large catalogue but his first two albums will stay in rotation and get sampled for years.

 

[Alix217]

100m is extremely low for a guy with quite a few hits, maybe there's a separate side deal for more royalties?

I bet he's contracted to do tours/appearances in exchange for something else

 

[Cakebatter]

We all know he performed some huge hits, but how many of those big hits does Justin own outright? We all know Timbaland and Pharrell played a major role in the writing and production of his biggest albums.

 

[The_Sheff]

But the Coli said he needs to think about his generational wealth!

 

[Sterling Archer]

Y’all have no clue how much his royalties were split from his small solo catalogue. He is not going to tour anymore and that may have been where he made the large portion of his money depending on his contracts. This may have been a great deal.

 

[kingdizzy01]

all the legends sellin they catalog rights lets you know how much the music insustry is BS.

music industry is DONE done.

 

[Rekkapryde]

he can still eat off touring and doing the songs so

 

[Rembrandt]

Seems kinda low considering how commerical is music is. They're gonna license the fukk outta that

 

[BlackBall]

What are they going to use it for? Commercials for burgers?

 

[Paper Boi]

Sell your legacy

these dudes know some dark shyt bout to go down. they cashing out.

 

[Fiji Water]

If course 100M seems low considering what we've seen in the last 20 years. But as some say we don't know the structure.

Ain't Drake's new deal 500M alone? Drake's new music is worth 5 times everything Justin has done so far?

 

[Cakebatter]

All this catalog buying seems shady.
Sting - $300M
Springsteen - $500M
Timberlake - $100M
Bob Dylan - $400M
Stevie Nicks - $100M
Neil Young - $150M
Mick Fleetwood - $80M
etc, etc.

Spotify generated less than $10 Billion in revenue for 2021. So how are companies like Hipgnosis going to recoup their money? This is a bubble and the 401k plans invested in these companies will pay heavily for it.

 

[Wayans Brehs]

We don't really know how much these catalogs are generating. My guess is they aren't bringing in as much money as y'all think, which would explain why so many artists are cashing in. 100M is a lot of money.