Enrique Iglesias faces a busy end to the year. After announcing his partial retirement from the stage just a week ago, the son of Isabel Presyler and Julio Iglesias sells his entire catalog of songs.
As anticipated Bloomberg, the singer has sold all his songs to the company Influence Media Partners. Although the exact price of the operation is unknown, according to the aforementioned portal it exceeds 100 million dollars.
Influencia Madia has clarified that, in addition to “collaborating in the management of his discography throughout his entire professional career,” the agreement also includes the artist's image rights to “expand future licensing opportunities.”
The interpreter of turn up the radio will release his latest album Final vol. 2 in February 2024. As he himself confirmed, this will be his last album before dedicating himself to the release of individual songs. Since 1995, the beginning of his stage career, Enrique Iglesias has sold more than 180 million records. Likewise, he has won a Grammy Award, five Latin Grammy Awards and has remained one of the most successful Latin artists in the history of pop.
The son of the queen of hearts is not the only one who has done business with the catalog of her songs. In 2021, Shakira He sold his songs to a British company, which is in charge of managing musical themes, as well as investing in intellectual property.
Artists such as Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), Debbie Harry (Blondie), Chryssie Hynde (Pretenders), The Chainsmokers, Mark Ronson o Neil Yong. Other composers of the stature of Bob Dylan y Taylor Swift They have also relied on this strategy with different companies.