Did Prince fulfill his album obligations WRT his “$100 million contract” with Warner Bros. Records in 1992?

Did Prince ever get his music rights?

The singer died in 2016 without a will, and his estate will pass to three of his siblings as well as the publishing company Primary Wave, who in August 2021 bought out rights to the Prince catalogue from another three heirs, two of them deceased.

What happened between Prince and Warner Brothers?

Warner argued this would awash the market and dilute sales, yet Prince did not want no contract to tell him how much material he could produce so the two struck a compromise. Despite Warner wanting him to release one album every two years, Prince settled at one release per year.

What was Prince’s deal?

When Prince signed a $100m, six-album deal with Warner Bros in 1992, it was biggest contract ever signed by a solo artist. But it came with a heavy price – Warner Bros received ownership of Prince’s entire body of work.