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16.12.2021 - 05:41

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn what may be the biggest single-artist music-catalog deal to date, a report in Billboard claims that Bruce Springsteen has sold his entire recorded-music and publishing catalog to Sony Music for around $500 million, topping Bob Dylan’s sale of his publishing to Universal for nearly $400 million.Reps for Springsteen and Sony Music either declined or did not respond to requests for comment, but multiple industry sources tell Variety that “the deal is done.”News of negotiations first arose early last month; while there has been no official comment, sources said the recorded-music deal — which includes such multiplatinum albums as “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Born to Run” and “Darkness on the Edge of Town” — was.

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