Britney Spears sells the rights to her music catalog

Britney Spears just let go of a part of herself, for some awesome dollar bills in return!

The star reportedly sold the rights to her music catalog to a music publisher a few months ago, joining a growing list of musical talents who have parted ways with their catalogs in recent years.

Britney Spears’ pivotal business decision comes nearly five years after she was released from her 13-year conservatorship by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge.

Inside Britney Spears’ tempting new deal

Legal documents for the business deal revealed the musician agreed to sell her ownership stake in the hits to music publishing company Primary Wave.

It’s still unclear how much the legendary musician was paid in the deal, but inside sources have compared it to Justin Bieber’s payment for catalog sales.

As TMZ noted, transaction documents confirmed that Spears, currently managed by Cade Hudson, signed the deal on December 30. She would be very pleased and happy with the sale and would have celebrated the time spent with the children.

Spears’ hit tracks like “Baby One More Time,” “Break The Ice,” “I Wanna Go,” “I’m a Slave 4 U,” “Sometimes,” “Womanizer,” “Toxic” and more are now owned by Primary Wave.

The Grammy winner’s journey into the world of fame

Spears rose to prominence at the age of 16 with “Baby One More Time,” produced by Max Martin in 1998. According to the producer, Spears’ young age inspired him to work with her because he felt he could channel her qualities appropriately and make her a superstar.

According to TIME, she grew up in Kentwood, Los Angeles, and appeared on Broadway and on “Star Search,” which also featured stars like Christina Aguilera, Keri Russell and Ryan Gosling.

Since her debut as a teenager in 1999, the star’s journey has been filled with monster successes and several professional controversies, from which she has bounced back magnificently.

One of the highlights of her career was during her 2007 MTV Awards performance in “Gimme More,” where she sleepwalked, and from there she faced personal challenges, exacerbated by the endless tabloids.

Spears later explained that she suffered a panic attack, a broken heel and days of extreme stress leading up to that performance.

The star’s music has certainly served as a backdrop on which several pop stars of this century have built their careers, such as Olivia Rodrigo, Tate McRae, Addison Rae, Kim Petras and many others.

Britney Spears joins a long list of artists who have sold their music catalogs

As shared by Yahoo!, in 2024, the rock band KISS sold its entire music catalog, brand and intellectual property, including its composition and characters, to the Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment, for approximately $300 million.

Justin Bieber wasn’t the only artist to have sold 100% of his music catalog in 2023; Pop icon Katy Perry also made a similar decision, selling her stake in her mastering and publishing rights that same year for $225 million.

Perry’s five albums, which she released between 2008 and 2020, now have Litmus Music Company as their new home. As 2020 came to a close, Universal Music struck an iconic music deal, purchasing Bob Dylan’s entire catalog of more than 600 songs for more than $300 million.

He then sold his catalog of recordings to Sony Music the following year for $200 million, bringing his total revenue from music sales to half a billion dollars. Bruce Springsteen also made $500 million richer by selling his master recordings and publishing rights to Sony in 2021.

The artist is in a rocky place with members of his family

Spears drew the battle line with her family in 2021 when she testified against her father for being violent while she was in his care during his conservatorship.

As shared by The Blast, the actress revealed that her father urged her to work against her wishes, forbade her from removing her IUD to have another child, and forced her to go to rehab and take lithium.

The singer’s mother and sister were not left out in her demands. Spears accused them of watching her suffer this abuse idly, knowing full well that she was being controlled under the conservatorship.

The singer and her sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, even got into a memoir war in which the musician accused her sister of capitalizing on her misery in her memoir “The Woman In Me.”

Britney Spears works to reconnect with her estranged sons

Since freeing herself from her conservatorship, the media personality has worked to fix so many things in her life, including her relationship with her children, Sean Preston and Jayden James.

The singer welcomed her two sons with her ex, Kevin Federline, and during the divorce, he requested full custody of the children, which he obtained by providing them with a stable environment. It was also the same year that Spears was brought into her conservatorship program.

In 2024, Spears reunited with Jayden and they spent some quality time in Los Angeles, which she celebrated by posting a photo of her son on her Instagram.

Last year, her ex-husband confirmed that Spears and her sons were sorting out their relationship and that they had always loved their mother. Federline stressed that his wish had been for years for the boys to get closer to the singer, and now it has come true.

Congratulations, Britney Spears!