Primary Wave strikes deal with Village People for publishing, recorded music, name and likeness rights

Main Wave Music has introduced a partnership with Y.M.C.A hitmakers Village Individuals.

The settlement covers the group’s model, in addition to title & likeness rights, plus grasp recordings and publishing property. A value for the transaction has not been disclosed.

Based in 1977, Village Individuals have offered greater than 100 million information worldwide.

Y.M.C.A has offered greater than 12 million copies, and has racked up round 450 million performs on Spotify to this point.

Village Individuals’s second single, Macho Man, can also be included within the take care of Main Wave, along with multi-platinum hits like Go West and In The Navy.

Go West was lined by Pet Store Boys in 1993 for a efficiency at an AIDS charity occasion and hit No.1 in a number of nations world wide together with topping Billboard’s Dance Music/Membership Play singles chart within the U.S.

In a joint assertion, Jonathan and Anthony Belolo of Village Individuals mentioned in regards to the Main Wave deal: “As we have been selecting up the mantle following our father’s passing in 2019, we quickly realized that – to realize his goals of bringing the Village Individuals superb into the twenty first century the suitable approach is a really daring endeavor.

“Our partnership with the wonderful workforce at Main Wave now brings us the backup and experience that may guarantee we will rise to the duty collectively. With a number of initiatives in improvement, the longer term seems brilliant as ever for the Village Individuals!”

Lexi Todd, Vice President, Enterprise & Authorized Affairs at Main Wave Music, commented: “The Village Individuals have introduced a lot pleasure to listeners world wide for many years. With disco-inspired music everywhere in the up to date charts, now could be the proper time to launch our new partnership. We look ahead to working alongside Jonathan and Anthony to reinvigorate the Village Individuals model.”

The present Village Individuals lineup is comprised of: Victor Willis (Cop/Admiral), Angel Morales (Native American), James Kwong (Building Employee), Chad Freeman (Cowboy), James Lee (G.I.), and James J.J. Lippold (Leatherman).

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Earlier this month, Main Wave moved into Brazil through the acquisition of a 50% stake in Nas Nuvens Catalog (NNC). That transaction valued the Sao Paulo-headquartered firm at round USD $100 million.

In January, Main Wave introduced a rights partnership take care of the property of Stone Temple Pilots Singer Scott Weiland.

Main Wave’s repertoire consists of hits by icons corresponding to Bob Marley, Prince, Stevie Nicks, James Brown, The Doorways, Frankie Valli & the 4 Seasons, Smokey Robinson, Whitney Houston, Ray Charles, Burt Bacharach, Bing Crosby, Luther Vandross, Olivia Newton-John, Isaac Hayes, Andre 3000, Steven Van Zandt, and Aerosmith.Music Enterprise Worldwide