{"id":419144,"date":"2026-02-11T02:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T02:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419144\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T02:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T02:59:11","slug":"britney-spears-sells-her-entire-music-catalog-to-primary-wave-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/419144\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears sells her entire music catalog to Primary Wave: reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/britney-spears-us-tour-uk-australia-son-reason-b2897968.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Britney Spears<\/a> has reportedly sold off her entire catalog to music company Primary Wave for an unknown amount.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, which includes the rights to some of pop music\u2019s most iconic hits, like \u201cOops!\u2026 I Did It Again!,\u201d \u201c\u2026Baby One More Time\u201d and \u201cGimme More,\u201d was confirmed by two sources to<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/music\/music-industry-news\/britney-spears-sells-music-catalog-primary-wave-1236501840\/\"> The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Spears\u2019 representatives did not immediately return The Independent\u2019s request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>Additional details of the supposed sale were reported by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/02\/10\/britney-spears-sells-music-catalog\/\">TMZ<\/a>, which spoke with a source who called it a \u201clandmark deal,\u201d somewhere in the ballpark of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/justin-bieber-music-rights-songs-b2268685.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Bieber\u2019s $200 million deal with Hipgnosis Songs Capital<\/a> for the rights to his back catalog. <\/p>\n<p>The documents, obtained by TMZ, are dated December 30, 2025. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Britney-Spears.jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Britney Spears has reportedly sold off the rights to her entire music catalog to Primary Wave for an unknown amount\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Britney Spears has reportedly sold off the rights to her entire music catalog to Primary Wave for an unknown amount (Getty Images)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/People-Kevin_Federline-Britney_Spears_64700.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Spears was married to Kevin Federline from 2004 to 2007\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p>open image in gallery<\/p>\n<p>Spears was married to Kevin Federline from 2004 to 2007 (2006 AP)<\/p>\n<p>The business move comes a month after Spears insisted she would \u201cnever\u201d perform in the U.S., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/britney-spears-instagram-return-federline-b2861477.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">citing \u201cextremely sensitive reasons.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSending this piano to my son this year!!! Interestingly enough, I dance on IG to heal things in my body that people have no idea about. Yup and it\u2019s embarrassing sometimes\u2026 but I walked through the fire to save my life\u2026,\u201d she wrote on Instagram in January, alongside an old tour picture of herself sat on stage at a white piano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will never perform in the U.S. again because of extremely sensitive reasons but I hope to be sitting on a stool with a red rose in my hair, in a bun, performing with my son\u2026 in the UK and AUSTRALIA very soon. He\u2019s a huge star and I\u2019m so humbled to be in his presence!!! God speed, little man!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cToxic\u201d hitmaker has two sons with her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/features\/britney-spears-kevin-federline-memoir-claims-mental-health-b2852042.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ex-husband, Kevin Federline<\/a>: 20-year-old Sean Preston Federline and 19-year-old Jayden James Federline. Spears was estranged from both children for some time, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tv\/culture\/britney-spears-reunites-son-jayden-christmas-b2670113.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reunited with her younger son, Jayden, around Christmas 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last March, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/tv\/culture\/britney-spears-son-jayden-instagram-video-b2713555.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">she shared videos of Jayden rapping and playing the piano, describing him as a \u201cgenius.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Widely referred to as the Princess of Pop, Spears first rose to fame in 1998 with the release of her debut single, \u201c&#8230;Baby One More Time.\u201d The song became the title track of her 1999 debut album, which also featured other top hits: \u201cYou Drive Me (Crazy)\u201d and \u201cSometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the Grammy-winning singer has found herself at the center of a string of controversies<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/news\/britney-spears-privacy-police-fans-wellness-check-b2270251.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> involving erratic social media behavior<\/a>. She addressed her divisive social media activity in her 2023 memoir The Woman in Me, explaining that she gets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/britney-spears-naked-instagram-memoir-b2434474.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cjoy\u201d from \u201cposing the way I feel sexy.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that a lot of people don\u2019t understand why I love taking pictures of myself naked or in new dresses,\u201d Spears wrote in her best-selling autobiography.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think if they\u2019d been photographed by other people thousands of times, prodded and posed for other people\u2019s approval, they\u2019d understand that I get a lot of joy from posing the way I feel sexy and taking my own picture.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-419144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}