{"id":3042,"date":"2010-03-17T18:20:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-17T17:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:29:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:29:23","slug":"michael-jackson-estate-signs-10-album-deal-biggest-music-deal-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/michael-jackson-estate-signs-10-album-deal-biggest-music-deal-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson Estate Signs 10 Album Deal – Biggest Music Deal Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"michael<\/a>The king of pop’s estate has signed a deal with Sony to release 10 albums of Jackson’s material – as many as he released solo albums while he was alive. The price tag on the deal is truly staggering; \u00a3132 million, even without hitting any sales targets. The concert film ‘This Is It’<\/em> was also a big earner, grossing \u00a3171 million at the box office, and the two between them clear the massive debts that the estate owed, estimated at around \u00a3263 million, with a \u00a340 million overspill to be divvied up between the beneficiaries. Quite how MJ managed to run up such a phenomenal overdraft in the first place is another question – obviously owning a personal zoo doesn’t come cheap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The king of pop’s estate has signed a deal with Sony to release 10 albums of Jackson’s material – as many as he released solo albums while he was alive. The price tag on the deal is truly staggering; \u00a3132 million, even without hitting any sales targets. The concert film ‘This Is It’ was also a big earner, grossing \u00a3171 million at the box office, and the two between them clear the massive debts that the estate owed, estimated at around \u00a3263 million, with a \u00a340 million overspill to be divvied up between the beneficiaries. 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