Janis Ian Signs With Sony Music Publishing

(CelebrityAccess) — Famed singer-songwriter Janis Ian has signed an unique settlement with Sony Music Publishing that can see the corporate handle her catalog worldwide, except for Japan.

The deal expands on Ian’s earlier partnership with the corporate and marks the primary time her complete in depth catalog has been united since 1977.

“I’ve labored with Sony Music Publishing for years, and Esther Friedman and her workforce have proven their love of music past simply the enterprise facet. Though my catalog’s been with numerous publishers by the years, I’m tremendously enthusiastic about having it multi function place, with individuals I belief,” says Ian.

“Janis Ian is a one-of-a-kind expertise, and her songs are an inspiration to so many. We’re delighted to proceed our partnership with Janis and we sit up for increasing her musical legacy for generations to come back,” says Sony Music Publishing SVP, Artistic Advertising, Movie & TV Esther Friedman.

Ian, who began writing music when she was nonetheless a teen, wrote her first main hit on the age of 14 with “Society’s Youngster” a music that explored interracial relationships within the Nineteen Sixties. The music reached No. 14 on Billboard’s Scorching 100 chart and No. 13 on Money Field Pop Singles and Canada’s RPM charts, however confronted pushback from many radio stations over the then-controversial topic that it addressed. Ian’s different hits embrace “At Seventeen” which received her the Grammy for “Greatest Pop Vocal Efficiency, Feminine” in 1977.

She acquired the Worldwide Folks Music Awards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023 and was honored by Eire’s Tradfest and Eire’s Minister of Tradition in 2024 for Excellent Achievements Within the Arts.

Ian, who was raised by activist Jewish dad and mom on a New Jersey farm, now lives in Florida along with her associate and spouse of 34 years.