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In Ariana Grande's boastful smash single "7 Rings," the pop star sings about lashes, diamonds and ATM machines, riffing on Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music favorite "My Favorite Things." But it's the long-deceased songwriters behind the classic, which was introduced on Broadway in 1959 and made even more famous in a 1965 movie, who are really raking in the dough.
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who are credited among 10 songwriters on "7 Rings," control 90 percent of the track's songwriting royalties, The New York Times first reported and Billboard can confirm. More specifically, those dollars are received by Concord, the music company that has owned the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalog since 2017.
According to the Times, representatives for Grande and her label, Republic, brought the completed song to Concord just weeks before the track's release in January. When Concord requested a 90 percent cut of the songwriting royalties, Grande's representatives accepted.
As "7 Rings" hits No. 1 on the Hot 100 for the sixth time this week, Concord has everything to gain from the striking split. "7 rings" has topped 444.5 million Spotify streams, while its music video has generated more than 330 million views. Meanwhile, each of the track's eight other songwriters -- including Tayla Parx, Victoria Monét and Grande herself -- are receiving just a fraction of Concord's check. (Grande also makes separate earnings as the recording artist.)
Gwen Stefani has been in a similar -- albeit less drastic -- situation with her 2006 song "Wind It Up," which interpolates The Sound of Music's "Lonely Goatherd." For Stefani's track, Rodgers and Hammerstein received 50 percent of royalties. The discrepancy between Stefani's deal and Grande's could reflect Concord's negotiating power; or, it could simply be that "My Favorite Things" is the more iconic and valuable track.
Interviewed by the Times, Theodore S. Chapin, the executive who has managed Rodgers and Hammerstein's copyrights for decades, said he thought Grande's track would have struck a chord with Rodgers' composer daughter, who died in 2014. She "would have thought this is pretty kick-ass."
Makes sense. The song exposes her to so much more where she's profiting in other ways.
lolz
screaming
"Songs" don't make shit these days guys :unsure:..
shut up, bitch.
kiiiii
This song is corny af and the kids just eat it up .. Glad to hear this
Terrible song
Great song
always loved the melody
Not the other 8 songwriters splitting 10%.
Goodness.
:guys:
Quote from: Nine on March 20, 2019, 10:06:13 AM
Not the other 8 songwriters splitting 10%.
Goodness.
:guys:
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Mariah would never
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I hate this girl and this song.
Quote from: Nine on March 20, 2019, 10:06:13 AM
Not the other 8 songwriters splitting 10%.
Goodness.
:guys:
I feel for them. :plzstop:
90% of Ariana's and 50% of gwen's these fags dont fckn play if u wanna sample their mess huh? I've been listening to this song ENDLESSLY over the past couple of weeks btw. It hit me so randomly. Best single of the yr thus far
Victora Monet is truly retarded :plzstop:
Eeeek
Quote from: Baph Hollins. on March 20, 2019, 10:08:29 AM
Quote from: Nine on March 20, 2019, 10:06:13 AM
Not the other 8 songwriters splitting 10%.
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Poor that
I was happy for Victoria, too. I thought she was gettin PAID from this one alone
I'm sure she's doing very well of course, but still. They need to chill on the samples and mess
Quote from: Nine on March 20, 2019, 10:06:13 AM
Not the other 8 songwriters splitting 10%.
Goodness.
:guys:
10% based on that amount of streams is about... $177,800...so ~$22,000 split
Okay mathematician!