ARCHIVE – In this photo from August 10, 2018, Shakira from a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Board of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, a British inversion company, acquires 100% of the rights of author of the songs of the Colombian superestrella, announced the 13th of March of 2021. The 145 songs of Shakira include international excitements “Hips do not lie”, “Whenever, Wherever”, “La tortura”, “She Wolf” and “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”. (Photo by Greg Allen / Invision / AP, Archive)
NUEVA YORK (AP) – Shakira is the most recent artist to sell his song catalog. The Colombian superstar sold all his music to a British inversion company, followed by an acronym called Mercury.
Hipgnosis Songs Fund claims to have acquired 100% of the author’s rights and interests in the 145 songs written by Shakira, which include excerpts such as “Hips Don’t Lie”, “Whenever, Wherever”, “La tortura”, ” Sy Wolf ”and“ Waka Waka. ”The term terms will not be revealed.
Shakira, who grabbed his first album in 13 years, debuted in 1991 and since then has sold more than 80 million records. This is the book, called Hipgnosis, by the most feminine Latin artist of all time.
Step by step, this incredible female from Colombia wanted one of the most famous and influential people in the world. What we have to say about it is that it is one of the most serious composers and exits of the last 25 years, having written the virtual song every song he grabbed “, said Merck Mercuriadis, founder of The Family (Music) Limited in Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, in a communiqué. Calificó a Shakira como “la Reina de la Música Latina”.
The winner of three Grammy and 12 Latin Grammy awards, among many other acquaintances, joined the international family with his 1995 album “Pies descalzos”, from which the song “Estoy aquí” was released, and is followed by “Dónde están los ladrones ”, which included Billboard’s Latin discus list during 11 weeks and included the excerpts“ Ciega, sordomuda ”and“ Tú ”.
In 2001 it debuted in the English market with the album “Laundry Service”, which sold more than 13 million copies at world level, and in 2005 launched “Fijacion oral, Vol. 1 ”and in its English version,“ Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 ”, both big international exits.
ARCHIVE – In this photo from August 10, 2018, Shakira from a concert at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Board of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, a British inversion company, acquires 100% of the rights of author of the songs of the Colombian superestrella, announced the 13th of March of 2021. The 145 songs of Shakira include international excitements “Hips do not lie”, “Whenever, Wherever”, “La tortura”, “She Wolf” and “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”. (Photo by Greg Allen / Invision / AP, Archive)
“Being a songwriter is a book that is considered equal to the greatest quizzes being a songwriter and artist,” Shakira said in a statement. “For the past 8 years – many years before the song – written to meet the world. This song is a reflection of the person who was at the time of writing, but a time ago that a song was sold all over the world, only I felt I had the water that was also the apricot ”.
“Hipgnosis will be a marvelous hog for my catalog – and I’ll be happy to associate with this company led by Merck, that really values artists and their creations and is an ally for composers of all parties who are deeply concerned about it. of his songs ”, added the artist.
Among other logos, his 2009 title “She Wolf” was certified platinum in the United States and already launched the song of the World Cup of Football “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)”, wat die populêrste alrededor del mundo.
Last year, Jennifer López captured the mid-season Super Bowl spectacle, one of the most coded spaces for any artist in the United States.
The announcement of the acquisition of Hakgnosis from Shakira’s catalog reads a week after it was announced that Neil Young sold 50% of his music to the company, and one more than Bob Dylan sold the most of his songs. 600 cancels a Universal Music Publishing Group.