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Yandel Sells Catalog to Beyond Music, Marking the Company’s Entry Into the Latin Market

Yandel sold his catalog to Beyond Music in the company's first Latin deal. Since its launch, the Korean firm has invested mainly in Asian catalogs.

The acquisition is a “first of its kind” for an Asian music company that’s acquiring a Latin artist’s catalog directly, according to a press release, which states that Beyond is “seeking to diversify its portfolio and [this] deal sets the company’s first footstep into the rapidly growing Latin market.” The deal follows HYBE’s acquisition of Exile Music, the music division of Spanish-language studio Exile Content, in November. In December 2022, the company made its first North American acquisition when it purchased the catalog of Canadian producer-songwriter Greg Wells, who has produced and written songs with the likes of Adele, Taylor Swift, John Legend and Dua Lipa. A bonafide hitmaker, the singer-songwriter got his start in the late 1990s as one-half of the duo Wisin & Yandel, which released countless hits including “Abusadora” and “Rakata.” Yandel launched a full-fledged solo career in 2013 and has since released a total of eight solo albums, including 2013’s De Líder a Leyenda, which peaked at No.

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