BMG acquired the artist royalties for albums released on Planet and RCA and the group’s recaptured U.S. publishing rights to “I’m So Excited.”
As BMG prepares to take the lead on the promotion of these songs, Scherer says they plan to explore book deals, a possible exhibition of the performance outfits worn by the sisters from Oakland, California, and maybe a documentary.which BMG executive produced and co-financed, as an example of the kind of creative projects BMG is doing with artists’ works. BMG has a 25% stake in Bowie’s 1970-1977 song catalog.
Because of its ownership of the re-recordings, BMG will also explore versions of Pointer Sisters songs in other languages in markets where it has a significant presence, like Germany and possibly Brazil. “I’m So Excited” has nearly 150 million streams across audio and video platforms and has racked up more than 1.8 billion airplay audience spins, according to Luminate data.
The Pointer Sisters earned pop success and critical acclaim with three Grammys — the first in 1974 for their song “Fairytale,” which peaked at no. 13 onThe song was a rarity at the time — a country hit written by two black songwriters, Anita and Bonnie, in an era dominated by white male stars — and led to The Pointer Sisters becoming the first African American group to perform on the Grand Ole Opry program.
The Pointer Sisters won two more Grammys in 1984 for “Jump ” and “Automatic,” which won best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal and best vocal arrangement for two or more voices, respectively.record 509 million eurosBMG has described its strategy as collecting well-known songs and albums, and The Pointer Sisters sit alongside time-tested works by artist’ like
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