Slipknot Sells Music Catalog

Slipknot

Slipknot has sold the majority stake in their music catalog:

Neither Slipknot nor HarbourView disclosed financial details of the agreement regarding how much HarbourView paid or what their specific stake in the catalog is, though the company confirmed the partnership includes both publishing and recorded royalties. 

The deal had been rumored for months; Billboard reported on the deal in August, reporting at the time that the deal was worth approximately $120 million.

Slipknot Top the Charts

Slipknot

Slipknot have the number one album in the country this week:

Slipknot scores its third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as the rock band’s We Are Not Your Kind bows in the top slot. The album earned 118,000 equivalent album units in the week ending Aug. 15, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 102,000 were in album sales.