The 23 biggest music business deals of 2025: From Taylor Swift to Tencent Music, Live Nation, and Chord.

Looking back on the biggest music deals of 2025, one type of deal is conspicuous by its absence: Blockbuster acquisitions of superstar artists’ catalogs. None of the artist catalog deals this year – at least those that were reported – exceeded the sums reported on last year’s list, which included Sony Music’s acquisitions of all or … Continued

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