Sony/ATV signs Iggy Azalea

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has signed Iggy Azalea to a worldwide publishing deal, in partnership with T.I.’s company Grand Hustle.

Azalea has delivered one of the biggest debut albums of the year with The New Classic having debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 in April, making her the highest-charting female rap artist on the chart since Nicki Minaj two years earlier. The album has also been a top five hit in a number of other territories, including here in Australia, as well as the UK and Canada.

Azalea co-wrote all 12 songs on the standard edition of the album, while has also co-authored six additional songs, which will feature on a deluxe extended new version of the album coming out later this year. These include a collaboration with Ellie Goulding.

Martin Bandier, Sony/ATV Chairman and CEO, said: "We are incredibly excited to be working with such a fresh and electrifying new talent as Iggy Azalea. She is an incredibly smart and dynamic songwriter and artist and has made an amazing start to what looks set to be a long and successful career ahead."

Sarah Stennett, Iggy Azalea’s manager at Turn First Artists, adds: "The completion of this partnership agreement with Sony/ATV, Grand Hustle and Iggy continues the original mission that we at Turn First had agreed to with Iggy the day we met her: to only enter into relationships with people who truly support the vision and believe in her staying power, ability to write and deliver exciting records and her potential to grow as an artist and cultural icon."