By Ellie Iorizzo, PA Los Angeles Correspondent, The Irish News, U.S. | (This story has to do with collecting your royalties [in] countries other than the U.S.) The estate of former Beatles star John Lennon has appointed a UK music licensing company to collect royalties on all sound recordings where the late singer or his widowed wife Yoko Ono are listed as a performer.
Music licensing company Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) will collect neighboring rights royalties for the estate when music from the pair is played in public venues including shops, bars, or aired on commercial radio or TV.
Lennon died in 1980 in New York after he was shot by Mark David Chapman.
The John Lennon estate said in a statement: “PPL has shown they are the leaders in advocating for neighboring rights globally.
“We have the utmost respect for the team and look forward to working with them.”
PPL analyzed radio and TV airplay data from the 21st century to compile a list of most played Lennon recordings – which saw Woman take the top spot.
The 1980 track makes up 24% of Lennon’s total airplay, while his earlier 1971 song titled Imagine took the second spot with a total of 23% of his total airplay.
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It comes after it was announced that Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese will produce a new Beatles documentary exploring the Fab Four storming America 60 years ago.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/royalties-to-be-collected-on-all-recordings-featuring-john-lennon-and-yoko-ono/
Photo: Yoko Ono & John Lennon – Double Fantasy album cover