Madonna has announced a new multinational partnership with Warner Music Group, which includes a new deal for her complete recorded music library.
Madonna and Warner Music Group today announced a milestone, career-spanning global partnership that includes a new agreement for her entire recorded music catalog… Read more: https://t.co/VvC1nK2NDz pic.twitter.com/BIxYf7CkWY
— Madonna (@Madonna) August 16, 2021
Madonna’s Sire/Maverick/Warner library will be included in the agreement and her three most recent studio albums, MDNA, Rebel Heart, and Madame X, which were released by her previous label Interscope Records and set to join the Warner catalog in 2025.
According to Warner, Madonna’s new deal with Warner comprises 17 studio albums, singles, soundtrack recordings, live albums, and compilations.
The contract was negotiated by Madonna’s longtime manager Guy Oseary of Maverick, Allen Grubman of Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sachs P.C., Madonna’s business manager Richard Feldstein of NKSFB, and Warner Music Group’s CEO of recorded music Max Lousada.
Speaking of the exciting new deal, Madonna said:
“Since the very beginning, Warner Music Group has helped bring my music and vision to all my fans around the world with the utmost care and consideration. They have been amazing partners, and I am delighted to be embarking on this next chapter with them to celebrate my catalogue from the last 40 years.”
Guy Oseary then added:
“Over the past 30 years, I’ve been fortunate enough to meet and spend time with many of Madonna’s incredible fans, and this new partnership will bring to fruition what so many of them have been patiently waiting for: a celebration of her groundbreaking catalogue. My partner Sara Zambreno and I are working closely with Warner Music Group to bring new life to these iconic works.”
Max Lousada also said:
“We’re honored to be forming a dynamic new partnership with an incomparable superstar whose influence on our musical and artistic landscape is immense and immutable.
“Madonna has changed the course of pop and dance music, while taking live performance to new heights of drama and invention. At the same time, she uses her fame to amplify some of the most important social issues and movements of our time. Constantly and fearlessly challenging convention, her four decades of music are not only an extraordinary body of work, but a playbook for creative and cultural evolution.”
Madonna will launch an “extensive, multi-year series of catalog releases” in 2022, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of her music career since inking her first record deal with Warner’s Sire Records in 1982. She will curate deluxe editions of her classic albums and provide limited-edition releases for special occasions, all of which will be monitored by the Warner library team.
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