BMG Acquires Tina Turner’s Portfolio
Tina’s solo works comprise ten studio albums, two live albums, two soundtracks, and five compilations, which together have sold over 100 million records. Warner Music continues to be her record company. Tina Turner emerged as a solo artist in the early ’80s with worldwide hit albums such as Private Dancer, Break Every Rule and Foreign Affair, and hit singles including “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” “Private Dancer,” “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome),” “Typical Male,” “I Don’t Wanna Fight,” “The Best” and “Goldeneye.” Among her many accomplishments, Tina Turner has received 12 Grammy Awards and is a two-time inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
Tina and her manager and husband Erwin Bach were advised in the transaction by the lawyers Torsten Siefert of Kiso Siefert Dropmann (Germany) and Bär & Karrer (Switzerland). BMG’s advisers included lawyers Lenz & Staehelin (Switzerland), Manatt, Phelps & Phillips (US), Simkins (UK), EY, and The Royalty Consultancy.
This transaction forms part of BMG’s long-term strategy to create a 21st century home for the most iconic music rights in popular music history. BMG already represents or owns rights in the work of iconic artists including Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Mick Fleetwood, Roger Waters, Kurt Cobain, Blondie, David Bowie, Scorpions, The Kinks, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and more, and the company expects to announce further transactions in the coming weeks. [Tina Turner photo: Alberto Venzago]