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Chainsmokers sign Sony/ATV publishing deal
By Aly Barchi | Published on Thursday 15 May 2014
Craze-capitalising ‘#Selfie’ hitmakers The Chainsmokers, aka NYC-based EDM DJs Alex Pall and Andrew Taggart, have signed a supposedly seven-digit publishing deal with Sony/ATV. Because yeah, it really is that easy.
Sony/ATV chair Marty Bandier says he was already engaged in talks with the pair even pre the release of their best-selling single/viral clip ‘#Selfie’, which became the “whipped cream to the cake”, adding: “It made us add a little more money to the deal. I do mean a little”.
Yeah, right. The Chainsmokers also joined Universal’s Republic Records at the top of the month, signing a multi-LP contract worth, sources say, over $1 million. They initially released ‘#Selfie’ via Steve Aoki’s Dim Mak imprint, facilitated by a distribution deal between Dim Mak and Republic. Since then, the single has, Billboard estimates, generated over $2 million in income.
