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# Adele Signs $130 Million Sony Deal
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/adele-eyes-130-million-sony-deal/
- Published: 2016-05-23T11:40:58.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-23T11:40:58.000Z
- Description: $130 million dollars. That's the total of the record deal that Sony has reportedly signed with Adele. You can't blame her for taking the cash, but is it a smart. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/05/adele-eyes-130-million-sony-deal.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Adele, music, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

**[![Adelle](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8614e7a970b-150wi "Adelle")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8614e7a970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)$130 million dollars.** That's the total of the record deal that **Sony** has reportedly signed with **Adele**. You can't blame her for taking the cash, but **is it a smart move** for Sony at a time when artists like **Chance The Rapper** are proving that they **[don't need a record label](https://www.hypebot.com/chance-the-rappers-coloring-book-debuts-8-with-no-label-and-streaming-only-on-apple-music/)** to have a hit?

[![Sony-Music-logo-wordmark](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0904dc97970d-150wi "Sony-Music-logo-wordmark")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb0904dc97970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Adele has reportedly signed with Sony for a reported $130 Million. Neither side has confirmed the details, but a source at Sony told the UK's Sun, “We’ve secured Adele, who’s without doubt the biggest music star in a generation. This is massive.”

At age 19, Adele had signed with indie XL Recordings; but it was widely know that that deal was up this year.

Adele was the top selling artists in the world last year. This $130 million deal will double the singer's fortune, according to [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/23/adele-set-to-sign-90m-sony-deal?ref=hypebot.com). A source also told the paper that the deal had been arranged through Sony’s US label, Columbia and “gives Sony the rights to release her future music exclusively around the world”.

**MORE: [Chance The Rapper's "Coloring Book" Debuts #8 With No Label And Streaming Only On Apple Music](https://www.hypebot.com/chance-the-rappers-coloring-book-debuts-8-with-no-label-and-streaming-only-on-apple-music/)**

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