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Britney Spears<\/a> has sold her music catalog, though the details of the sale are unclear.<\/p>\n USA TODAY has learned that Spears, 44, sold her catalog to music publisher Primary Wave<\/a>.<\/p>\n Citing legal documents dated December, TMZ<\/a> was first to report on Tuesday, Feb. 10, that the pop star sold her ownership stake in her catalog, which includes hits such as “Toxic” and “Baby One More Time.”<\/p>\n USA TODAY has reached out to Spears’ representatives and Primary Wave for comment.<\/p>\n 1<\/span> of 7<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Spears charmed Jay Leno in 2003 with a look at her new tattoo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Primary Wave owns the catalogs of many music legends, including Bob Marley<\/a>, Stevie Nicks<\/a>, Prince<\/a> and Whitney Houston<\/a>.<\/p>\n Spears’ music discography helped define pop music at the turn of the millennium before she largely retreated from the spotlight after her 2016 album,\u00a0“Glory.”<\/a><\/span> Her career hiatus coincided with the termination of her conservatorship \u2013 which lasted nearly 14 years<\/a> \u2013 in November 2021, following a case that brought intense scrutiny to her personal life and troubled past and also prompted a movement led by longtime fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n In 2022, she released the upbeat collaborative track “Hold Me Closer” with\u00a0Elton John<\/a>, and\u00a0in 2023, she dropped “Mind Your Business” with\u00a0Black Eyed Peas<\/a>\u00a0rappe<\/span>r\u00a0Will.i.am.<\/p>\n Reports of the catalog sale follow Spears’ recent vow about future performances<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I will never perform in the U.S. again because of extremely sensitive reasons,” Spears, who last toured the nation in 2018, wrote in a Jan. 8 Instagram post<\/a>. “But I hope to be sitting on a stool with a red rose in my hair, in a bun, performing with my son … in the UK and Australia very soon.”<\/p>\n Spears shares sons Sean, 20, and Jayden, 19, with ex-husband Kevin Federline<\/a>. In October, Federline published his memoir titled “You Thought You Knew,”<\/a>\u00a0which delved into the former couple’s three-year marriage, divorce and custody battle over their children.<\/p>\n Spears has not offered further details on upcoming live performances in either the United Kingdom or Australia, and there are no announcements on her\u00a0<\/span>official web<\/span>site<\/a>\u00a0or other social media pages.<\/p>\n Contributing: Edward Segarra, USA TODAY<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Britney Spears sells song catalog to publisher Primary Wave<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\nFrom ‘Baby One More Time’ to the #FreeBritney movement, see Britney Spears’ career<\/h2>\n
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