Shakira among the best known

Michael Jackson and Sony’s Sony/ATV Music Publishing has acquired Famous Music LLC from Viacom and therefore rights for 125,000 record breaking songs will be with them.

The good news is that Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’ is one of the classics selected. The company owns or administers over 500,000 copyrights, including works by The Beatles, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, The Everly Brothers, Hank Williams, Jimi Hendrix and numerous others.