Grammy Award-winning singer Shakira has sold the rights to her hit songs like "Hips Don't Lie", "Whenever, Wherever", "She Wolf" and "Waka Waka (This time for Africa)" to a company in the UK
Grammy
Award-winning
singer
Shakira
reportedly
has
sold
the
rights
to
her
hit
songs
like
"Hips
Don't
Lie",
"Whenever,
Wherever",
"She
Wolf" and
"Waka
Waka
(This
time
for
Africa)"
to
a
company
in
the
UK.
The
report
by
usatoday.com
revealed
that
the
UK-based
investment
company
has
acquired
100
per
cent
of
her
music
publishing
rights.
Shakira
opened
up
about
selling
the
rights
in
a
statement
and
said,
"Being
a
songwriter
is
an
accomplishment
that
I
consider
equal
to
and
perhaps
even
greater
than
being
a
singer
and
an
artiste.
At
eight
years
old
--
long
before
I
sang
--
I
wrote
to
make
sense
of
the
world.
Each
song
is
a
reflection
of
the
person
I
was
at
the
time
that
I
wrote
it,
but
once
a
song
is
out
in
the
world,
it
belongs
not
only
to
me
but
to
those
who
appreciate
it
as
well."
Shakira
Sold
The
Rights
To
Hipgnosis
Song
Fund
No
further
details
about
the
deal
were
shared
by
the
singer
or
the
company,
Hipgnosis
Song
Fund,
which
also
recently
acquired
Blondie
and
Neil
Young's
music.
According
to
a
report
in
BBC,
the
company
typically
pays
the
equivalent
of
15
years' royalties
upfront
when
it
buys
any
music.
Shakira
Is
Not
The
First
Singer
To
Sell
The
Rights
To
Her
Music
"I'm
humbled
that
songwriting
has
given
me
the
privilege
of
communicating
with
others,
of
being
a
part
of
something
bigger
than
myself," she
added.
Shakira
Has
About
145
Songs
In
Her
Catalogue
Shakira
reportedly
has
a
catalogue
of
145
songs
that
have
made
her
the
best-selling
female
Latin
artist
of
all
time,
with
80
million
records
sold
worldwide.
Shakira
released
her
debut
album
Magia
in
1991
at
the
age
of
13,
later
in
2001
she
released
her
first
English
album
titled
Laundry
Service
and
became
a
global
star.
Over
the
years,
Shakira
has
won
three
Grammy
Awards
and
12
Latin
Grammy
Awards.