As Garth Brooks once sang, “It pays big money, and man I’m into that.” The iconic country singer soon might receive that big money, with The Wall Street Journal reporting he is seeking roughly $2 billion while considering a sale of his music catalog. That would include the rights to his son gwriting and recorded music. Brooks is the top-selling album artist in history with over 200 million sold, including 10 diamond albums. His catalog from a career that has stretched over four decades includes 20 Billboard No. 1 singles, with classics like “Friends in Low Places,” “The Thunder Rolls” and “If Tomorrow Never Comes.” The 64-year-old Brooks currently has a streaming agreement with Amazon Music. The Wall Street Journal reported, per sources, that the value of Brooks’ catalog ranges from the “high $1 billion range to more than $2 billion.” That price tag would surpass the amount received by Queen in 2024 when the band sold its catalog to Sony for a record $1.3 billion. Sony acquired half of Michael Jackson’s catalog that same year for $600 million and, in 2021, purchased Bruce Springsteen’s catalog for what was reported to be more than $500 million.    ...read more read less