Paul McCartney has signed a worldwide recording agreement with Capitol Records (Universal Music Group). This historic deal encompasses McCartney’s catalogue of master recordings and welcomes him home to label where he began his extraordinary career.
“This is genuinely exciting for me,” McCartney said. “Not only was Capitol my first U.S. record label, but the first record I ever bought was Gene Vincent’s Be-Bop-A-Lula on the Capitol label.”
The contract encompasses McCartney’s entire body of post-Beatles work, from his 1970 McCartney album, through his decade with Wings, to the dozens of solo and collaborative works that have continually reaffirmed his standing as the most popular, influential and acclaimed artist in the history of recorded music.
In a career that spans six decades, McCartney has sold more than 500 million records worldwide. He is currently working on a new studio album, while a comprehensive plan for the artist’s catalogue is being conceived by Capitol and Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) – in conjunction with the artist and his management team – and will be implemented beginning July 2017.
