Music Business Worldwide
May 5, 2021
Primary Wave Music has acquired again. MBW can reveal today (May 5) that the company has bought the publishing catalog of songwriters and producers Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, who discovered superstar Rihanna.
In what Primary Wave describes as a “multi million dollar deal”, the acquisition will also see the publisher obtain a share in the duo’s master royalty income stream across Rihanna’s first seven albums.
The deal encompasses master income for some of Rihanna’s biggest hits including
We Found Love, Umbrella, Don’t Stop the Music, Disturbia, Stay, Rude Boy, and What’s My Name.
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