Sting sold the rights to Fragile, Englishman in New York and his other hits

The popular British musician has sold the rights to his entire catalog of songs and instrumental music (particularly symphonic and lute) to Universal Music Group, an international corporation. The company’s official Web site announced the news Thursday.

Fans of Sting have nothing to fear: the singer and musician will still be able to perform all of his songs whenever he wants. But royalties will go to Universal Music Publishing Group, which is a division of the Universal Music Group record corporation, if any reissues of the albums, compilations of hits or performances of the tracks at concerts are made.

In an official statement, the company said, “Universal Music Publishing Group, UMG’s premier music publishing division, announces it has acquired Sting’s music catalog.” This means that “the company acquires the rights to all of the artist’s solo projects, including his latest album The Bridge, as well as all of the music he recorded as a member of The Police.”

According to The New York Times, the deal could have been as much as $250 million (the parties to the agreement wouldn’t give a figure themselves).

Sure, it seems huge. But then again, Sting is one of the most overdubbed artists today, with covers of his hits by stars ranging from Julio Iglesias to trendy rappers and indie rockers. And fragments of his recognizable music are sometimes very willing to use in their advertising campaigns of reputable firms.

So this amount will gradually be “repaid”, and good, favorite by a generation of music lovers Sting’s hits really is a lot. In addition, the agreement included and the songs that the musician wrote from 1976 to1983 years for the cult band The Police.

And, most likely, the UMPG company will rush to reissue those glorious compositions, to the delight of many fans, in order to get more profit.

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