Music Industry Moves: Mary J. Blige Sells Music Catalogs to Primary Wave; Stella Lefty Signs With Make Wake for Management; Boyz II Men Ink With Warner Records Nashville

Oct 26, 2026 9:25am PT Music Industry Moves: Mary J. Blige Sells Music Catalogs to Primary Wave; Stella Lefty Signs With Make Wake for Management; Boyz II Men Ink With Warner Records Nashville

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Mary J. Blige has sold undisclosed shares of her publishing and recorded-music assets to Primary Wave Music, the company announced on Monday morning. Included in the deal are some of Blige’s greatest hits, including “Family Affair,’ “My Life,” “Mary Jane (All Night Long),” “You Bring Me Joy,” “Be Without You,” “I Can Love You,” and others; further details were not announced.

Known universally as “the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul,” over the course of her three-decade-plus career Blige has sold an estimated 50 million records worldwide across 15 studio albums, two live albums and 83 singles, which have garnered her nine Grammy Awards amid 37 Grammy nominations, two Oscar and one Emmy nom. She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018 and inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2024. She kicked off her first-ever Las Vegas residency, “Mary J. Blige: My Life, My Story.” The 20-date residency began this past May and will run through February 2027 at Dolby Live at Park MGM.

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