Queen are reportedly in talks to promote their catalog to Sony Music for $1 billion, in response to Bloomberg.

The report states that Sony are “working with one other investor” on the deal that “might probably whole $1 billion,” although it would not assure that an settlement might be made. If the deal is a hit, it might embrace merchandising, along with their music and different entities.

BBC notes that the deal would be the greatest of its type if it goes via, beating Bruce Springsteen’s $550 million cope with Sony in late 2021.

Music Enterprise Worldwide first revealed that Queen had a possible $1 billion deal within the works final Might, which would come with the entire publishing and recorded music rights of Brian Might, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and the property of late vocalist Freddie Mercury.

Nevertheless, the band’s recorded music rights are owned by totally different firms in several components of the world. Disney Music Group has possession of the rights in North America, whereas the group’s personal Queen Productions Ltd. and Queen Music Ltd. have possession of the recording and publishing catalogs in the remainder of the world, respectively.

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If Queen and Sony come to an settlement, they’re going to be one in every of many large rock artists who’ve bought their catalog lately. In April, KISS bought their music catalog, title, picture and emblem to Pophouse Leisure Group. The group was apparently paid $300 million within the deal.

Motley Crue, Neil Younger, Bob Dylan, ZZ High and the present lineup of Alice In Chains — Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez and William DuVall — have all bought their catalogs in the previous couple of years as properly.