US singer Britney Spears has become the latest musician to sell the rights to her catalog that includes hits like “…Baby One More Time” and “Oops!…I Did It Again,” US media reported Tuesday.
Spears has songwriting credits on nearly 40 of the songs in her catalog, although few of them were major hits apart from the ballad “Everytime” and fan favorites like “Me Against the Music,” “S&M,” “Work Bitch!” and others.
The deal is believed to be worth around $200 million, according to sources cited by celebrity site TMZ, though it said the exact amount is not detailed in legal documents.
Spears, 44, joins a growing list of artists who have sold their music rights in recent years including Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan.
Spears has not released an album since 2016’s “Glory” and has not performed in concert since October of 2018, closing out her “Piece of Me” tour with a final show at the Formula One Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
She had been scheduled to return to Las Vegas in 2019 for a second residency, “Domination,” following the success of her first residency, “Britney Spears: Piece of Me,” which concluded in 2017. However, she ultimately postponed the “Domination” show and stepped away from performing indefinitely.
