{"id":355092,"date":"2026-03-19T22:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/355092\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T22:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:29:08","slug":"tina-turners-image-likeness-and-majority-music-rights-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/355092\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina Turner’s Image, Likeness, and Majority Music Rights Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe rights to Tina Turner<\/a>\u2018s name, image, and likeness now belong to Pophouse Entertainment, according to The Associated Press<\/a>. The company, which ABBA\u2019s Bj\u00f6rn Ulvaeus co-founded, also acquired a majority stake in the rights to Turner\u2019s music catalog from BMG. Terms of the acquisition have not been revealed.<\/p>\n

\n\tJessica Koravos, Pophouse\u2019s CEO, told the AP that it was interested in Turner, who died in 2023, \u201cbecause she has such an incredible visual presence and such an incredible stage energy.\u201d The company, known for digital avatars and immersive experiences, is exploring \u201cprojects that can portray that and try to re-create that to some degree,\u201d Koravos said.<\/p>\n

\n\tUltimately, Koravos said, Pophouse wants to \u201cconsolidate [Turner\u2019s] legacy.\u201d She did not say whether or not the company was making a Turner avatar, but did tease an announcement of its plans to arrive some time in the next six months.<\/p>\n

\n\tTurner\u2019s estate was \u201cinformed and participating in the conversations,\u201d the executive said, but not considered a \u201ccounterparty\u201d in the transaction.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201c[BMG\u2019s] responsibility, alongside Pophouse and the estate, is to ensure her work continues to resonate with audiences around the world, while remaining true to the strength, independence, and originality that defined her career,\u201d Alistair Norbury, president of BMG U.K., Continental Europe and APAC, said in a statement. The company has retained an undisclosed percentage of Turner\u2019s catalog.<\/p>\n

\n\tPophouse, which helped create the ABBA Voyage show in 2021, acquired Kiss\u2019 catalog<\/a>, brand name, and IP for a deal worth more than $300 million in 2024. The band had previously debuted the company\u2019s digital avatars for the band<\/a> at the final night of its 2023 farewell tour; those avatars are expected to get their own show in 2027. Cyndi Lauper also aligned with the company, which acquired a majority share of her music rights, in 2024. The company also owns the majority rights to Avicii\u2019s music<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rights to Tina Turner\u2018s name, image, and likeness now belong to Pophouse Entertainment, according to The Associated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278,27849],"class_list":["post-355092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music","tag-tina-turner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}