Sony/ATV Music Publishing has today announced it has signed Iggy Azalea to a worldwide publishing deal.
The long-term agreement with the Australian singer-songwriter and artist is a partnership between Sony/ATV and T.I.'s company Grand Hustle and covers both existing and future works. It includes her contributions to debut album "The New Classic", which was released in April and features the global hits "Fancy" and "Black Widow".
Martin Bandier, Sony/ATV Chairman and CEO, said: "We are incredibly excited to be working with such a fresh and electrifying new talent as Iggy Azalea. She is an incredibly smart and dynamic songwriter and artist and has made an amazing start to what looks set to be a long and successful career ahead."
Sarah Stennett, Iggy Azalea's manager at Turn First Artists, said: "It was clear from Iggy's first meeting with Sony/ATV that they were as excited about the next phase of Iggy's career as all of us at Turn First and that their excitement was genuine.
"The completion of this partnership agreement with Sony/ATV, Grand Hustle and Iggy continues the original mission that we at Turn First had agreed to with Iggy the day we met her: to only enter into relationships with people who truly support the vision and believe in her staying power, ability to write and deliver exciting records and her potential to grow as an artist and cultural icon."
Iggy Azalea has established herself this year as one of the biggest music stars on the planet with a first album and a series of hit singles she co-wrote that have secured her place in the record books alongside such iconic names as The Beatles.
We are incredibly excited to be working with such a fresh and electrifying new talent as Iggy Azalea. She is an incredibly smart and dynamic songwriter and artist and has made an amazing start to what looks set to be a long and successful career ahead.
She co-wrote all the song on her album and on the new album which is coming out later this year. She will be receiving coins for them, as evidenced by this new publishing deal. What's the problem?
It's kinda sad that the general population doesn't know the difference between a record deal and a publishing deal. Iggy is clearly very invested and involved in her songwriting / lyrics, yet because of a couple of comments / articles people believe her to be inauthentic.
