Chance Waters Signs ‘Life Changing’ Publishing Deal With Universal

14 March 2013 | 2:40 pm | Scott Fitzsimons

Sydney rapper signs exclusive global deal

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Sydney rapper Chance Waters has signed a global publishing deal with the Universal Music Publishing Group, the artist revealed today.

Waters released his debut full length Infinity, the album landing two tracks – Young & Dumb and Maybe Tomorrow – in last year's Hottest 100.

“It's a huge opportunity and a great vehicle to foster my songwriting opportunities internationally,” he said today. “I think we're all on the same page in terms of what I want to achieve both in and outside of Australia. Publishing and songwriting is a primary focus for me, so I couldn't be happier to be teaming up with the best possible people to get the job done.”

On Twitter he added, “Today is a life changing day for me. I'm honestly so excited about this deal, song writing is my biggest focus so it's fucking amazing.”

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Waters' manager Luke Girgis told theMusic.com.au, “I am thrilled that we have signed this deal with Universal. It's very exciting to be working with a team that has just as much faith in Chance's music as I do.”

UMPG Australia's Director of A&R, Heath Johns, added, “Chance is an engaging lyricist and a freakishly good hook writer. We are delighted to welcome him into the UMPG family, and we can't wait to forge a number of local and international writing opportunities for Chance as he works on the follow-up to Infinity.”

The news comes after he announced national tour dates earlier this week.

Beyond that the rapper expects to work on his second album both locally and abroad.