Katy Perry performs on stage during the Coronation Concert on May 07, 2023 in Windsor, Britain. Chris Jackson/Pool via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 18 (Reuters) - Singer Katy Perry has signed a deal to sell rights to five of her studio albums released between 2008 and 2020 including "Teenage Dream" to Carlyle-backed Litmus Music, the music rights company said on Monday. "One of the Boys," "PRISM," "Witness" and "Smile" are the other four studio albums that are part of the deal. The five studio albums were released under Perry's contract with Capitol Records, whose former president Dan McCarroll is the co-founder of Litmus Music. With Perry, Litmus Music gets access to an artist who shot to fame in July 2008 with the track "I Kissed A Girl" and has earned 13 Grammy nominations and five MTV Video Music Awards.

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Persons: Katy Perry, Chris Jackson, Carlyle, Dan McCarroll, Blackstone, Justin Bieber, Bob Dylan, Perry, Jaspreet Singh Organizations: Billboard, Capitol Records, Litmus, Litmus Music, MTV, Thomson Locations: Windsor, Britain, Bengaluru