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Toronto R&B artist who became one of the most-streamed recording artists in the world and is pursuing a $1B credit facility backed by his streaming royalties — the most ambitious attempt yet to use music catalog as structured financial collateral without selling the masters.
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Attempting to raise a $1B credit facility backed by streaming revenues — the most ambitious catalog-as-asset-class deal in music, treating streaming royalties like a financial instrument while retaining masters, contrasted with Bieber's outright sale.
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