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They are the champions! Queen's music catalog is in the process of being sold to Sony for a record-breaking megadeal worth a whopping $1.27 BILLION

Sony is in the middle of acquiring the rights to Queen's entire music catalog after a long negotiation process and concluded with a record-shattering megadeal worth $1.27 billion.

The 10-figure deal includes everything except revenue from live performances, which founding members Brian May and Roger Taylor, now in their seventies, will retain as they continue to tour under the band name with Adam Lambert. Sony is in the middle of acquiring the rights to Queen's entire music catalog, which includes Freddie Mercury-penned Bohemian Rhapsody, after a long negotiation process and concluded with a record-shattering megadeal worth $1.27 billion; seen in 1982 The 10-figure deal includes everything except revenue from live performances, which founding members Brian May and Roger Taylor, now in their seventies, will retain as they continue to tour under the band name with Adam Lambert; seen in June 2023

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