Chris Brown's “Grass Ain't Greener”
Collect songwriter royalties from Chris Brown's 2016 R&B hit “Grass Ain't Greener.” Since released, the song has earned $16,146 in the last six months.
- Closed July 12, 2017
- Life-of-rights term
- Musical Composition
- BMI
About This Auction
- Musical Composition
- Public Performance
- No
- Distributors
- BMI
- Sources
- Internet Streaming, AM/FM & Satellite Radio, TV/Film/Commercial Performances, etc.
- Life of author + 70 years
- Last 6 Months' Earnings
- $16,146*
- First Payment
- September 2017
- Fees
- $500 BMI Payee Account Fee*
- Starting Price
- $30,000
- Bidding Increment
- $1,000
- Closing Price
- $38,000
- End Date
- July 12, 2017, 3:00 PM MDT
*This song was released in 2016 and has only collected royalties for two quarters.
*BMI charges a one-time fee of $500 to open a new payee account, which will be debited from the payee's first royalty distribution. Once opened, multiple royalty streams can be routed to the buyer's payee account. If you already have a BMI payee account, there is no fee.
Description
This single-song auction is for public performance royalties from R&B superstar Chris Brown's single “Grass Ain't Greener.” Released in May of 2016, this song has collected two quarters of royalty payments so far, totaling $16,146. The winner of this auction will collect the third royalty check ever for this song, and every check moving forward.
“Grass Ain't Greener” was released as a standalone single. The song received ample radio airplay when it first came out, bringing in 62% of the income in the first two quarterly payments. “Grass Ain't Greener” peaked at No. 15 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and spent 20 weeks there. The song appeared on the US Billboard Hot 100 and US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs, and charted in Australian and the UK as well.
Almost a quarter of the income to date--24%--comes from streaming royalties. The song boasts over 58 million YouTube views and 92.2 million Spotify plays. Chris Brown has a large reach, with more than 10 million YouTube subscribers and over 16.2 million monthly Spotify listeners.
Key Drivers
1) Radio is frequently a launching point for a song. Songs that get radio play often build a foundation of streaming and other types of income as the radio activity winds down. Looking at the financials, we can see that radio royalties decreased in 2016 Q4 after the first quarter of earnings, but streaming and other sources picked up.
2) Chris Brown is an R&B superstar. He has won over 80 awards including multiple American Music Awards, BET & Billboard awards and a Grammy. Brown has released seven studio albums, five mixtapes and over 100 singles. His latest album, Heartbreak on a Full Moon, is slated for release on July 21, 2017.
What is being sold?
100% of the seller's interest in the of royalties attributable to the musical composition "Grass Ain't Greener."
How does this asset make money?
Every time “Grass Ain't Greener” is played on the radio, Pandora, YouTube, or any other type of , you earn royalties. BMI makes payments quarterly and the first distribution you will receive is September 2017.
About the Royalty Distributor
BMI represents more than 10.5 million musical works created and owned by more than 700,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. BMI supports businesses and organizations that play music publicly by offering blanket music licenses that permit them to play more than 10.5 million musical works.
Historic royalty income is no indication of future royalty income. Future royalty income is dependent upon future sales and licensing revenue generated by the sound recordings or compositions associated with this listing.
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