The deal covers 67 songs Johnson wrote for Styles, Meghan Trainor, Sam Smith and more between 2012 and 2020.
The nine-figure deal entails 90% of his master income interest, 90% of publishing ownership, including hundreds of unreleased tracks from the late rap talent.
The investment firm known for its stakes in Taylor Swift's, Dr. Dre's catalogs now has $4.4 billion in assets under management.
Crowder, who also signed a co-publishing deal with the company, has penned and/or produced a string of hits for Chris Young, Florida Georgia Line and more.
The deal is the biggest yet for any artist of his generation.
The deal includes all of Krieger and Manzarek's interests in recordings, publishing, and merchandise for The Doors.
WMG has acquired the recorded music rights and income streams to a raft of classic albums by the prog-rock pioneers.
More digital consumption — from a multitude of sources — and improving margins are positive news for catalog valuations.
The assets, which could be worth more than $1 billion, include music and production music from the company's TV and film projects.
“I’m really kind of still in shock,” says the iconic rocker after buying a majority interest in the global publishing rights to his CCR song catalog from Concord.
