{"id":104734,"date":"2022-06-07T18:10:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T12:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/singer-songwriter-skylar-grey-had-to-sell-songs-to-cover-divorce-costs\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T18:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T12:40:01","slug":"singer-songwriter-skylar-grey-had-to-sell-songs-to-cover-divorce-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/singer-songwriter-skylar-grey-had-to-sell-songs-to-cover-divorce-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer-Songwriter Skylar Grey Had to Sell Songs to Cover Divorce Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At a moment when many artists and songwriters are cashing in on sales of lucrative publishing and recording rights, singer-songwriter Skylar Grey revealed that she was forced to sell her catalog \u2014 which includes hits with Eminem, Rihanna, Dr. Dre, and more \u2014 to cover the legal fees of a contentious divorce.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a new interview with Variety<\/i><\/a>, Grey said her life and career were overwhelmed by a divorce and lawsuit that began in 2017 and only resolved last year. \u201cI had to sell my catalog in order to afford the settlement, which was sad in a way because those songs like \u2018Love The Way You Lie\u2019 and \u2018Coming Home,\u2019 those are my babies. But at the same time, nobody can tell me I didn\u2019t write those songs just \u2019cause I don\u2019t own the rights to them anymore. I didn\u2019t want to sell them, but it was my only way to put the past behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Asked if the sale was similar to the blockbuster deals artists like Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan have secured in recent years, Grey said, \u201cNo. I wanted to keep building it and growing it. But, I have such a weight off of me now with the case being over, I\u2019m not on the phone with lawyers every day, and I\u2019m not having to pay all these legal bills anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grey first rose to prominence in 2010 when she and the producer Alex da Kid co-wrote \u201cLove the Way You Lie,\u201d which became a massive hit for Eminem and Rihanna. The same year, she co-wrote Diddy and Dirty Money\u2019s single, \u201cComing Home,\u201d and the next year she co-wrote and sang on Dr. Dre\u2019s \u201cI Need a Doctor.\u201d While those songs were arguably her biggest in the U.S., she also scored a handful of hits abroad with collaborations with David Guetta (\u201cShot Me Down\u201d), Nicki Minaj (\u201cBed of Lies\u201d), and Macklemore (\u201cGlorious\u201d). On top of all that, Grey had her own solo career, having released three albums, seven EPs, and various singles between 2005 and 2020.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As Grey explained, selling her catalog means she will no longer see any money if that music is used in a film, TV show, or even streamed. Additionally, she admitted with a laugh, \u201cthe majority of what I got paid for my catalog went to taxes and my ex-husband.\u201d She continued: \u201cIt\u2019s like your life\u2019s work, and then suddenly it\u2019s like, \u2018Okay, I\u2019ve got to give the majority of this away.\u2019 But that was my only option. Luckily, I had the option of doing something like that, otherwise, I may not have gotten out of the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the sale, Grey said she\u2019s now focused on rebuilding her catalog, starting with her latest self-titled album, which was released back in April. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m doing this grassroots style now. And I don\u2019t know if I ever really did that before,\u201d Grey said, adding, \u201cI\u2019m going back in time and building this totally fan-driven foundation where I\u2019m super in touch with my fans now \u2014 in a way I\u2019ve never been before.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At a moment when many artists and songwriters are cashing in on sales of lucrative publishing and recording rights, singer-songwriter Skylar Grey revealed that she was forced to sell her catalog \u2014 which includes hits with Eminem, Rihanna, Dr. Dre, and more \u2014 to cover the legal fees of a contentious divorce.\u00a0 In a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":104735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Singer-Songwriter-Skylar-Grey-Had-to-Sell-Songs-to-Cover-Divorce.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}