April 07, 2005, 3:30 PM ET
EMI Signs Co-Pub Deal With Kelly Clarkson
By Susan Butler, N.Y.
EMI Music Publishing has landed a worldwide co-publishing deal with Kelly Clarkson.
Clarkson co-wrote six songs on her current RCA album "Breakaway," which has sold more than 1.8 million units in the U.S. since its release last November, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
She co-wrote the next single from the album, "Behind These Hazel Eyes," with Max Martin and Lukas "Dr. Luke" Gottwald. She has also collaborated with Kara DioGuardi, Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maide and others.
"Kelly is one of the most talented writers and performers on the music charts today," says EMI Music Publishing CEO/chairman Martin Bandier.
Clarkson's first album, "Thankful," was certified double-platinum. She is currently on tour through the end of May. (Actually, "Breakaway" also has been certified double-platinum as of last week's Billboard chart updates.)
The following is from the EMI website. (FYI, songwriters must go through publishing companies to market their songs to other artists.)
EMI is the world's largest music publisher in terms of copyrights owned, controlled or administered, with rights to more than one million musical compositions and offices in 30 countries. EMI's diverse repertoire includes numerous pop music hits, American standards, country songs, classical works, and motion picture and theatrical compositions including "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "New York, New York", and the rights to the film score of Singing in the Rain and the music in the Wizard of Oz. EMI concentrates on discovering, promoting and nurturing gifted songwriters around the world, working with new and established writers to build a body of work to be appreciated by future generations and making the music of yesterday relevant to the audience of today. EMI builds its music publishing business throughout the world by signing new songwriters, renewing existing contracts with songwriters and acquiring catalogues of existing compositions.
PS: Jonny, if Carrie wins this year, the best thing for her would be to use the first year under the AI contract as a learning and growth year. Then she should follow Clay and Kelly, and get the heck out from under that contract as soon as possible.
Thanks for the interesting post about Kelly. I guess my daughter will be at one of the last performances of this current tour.
She will see Kelly in concert on May 11th.