Facebook Signs Global Licensing Deal with Saregama

Facebook signs a global deal with Indian music label Saregama to bring 100,000 songs to Facebook and its sister platforms.

"At Facebook, we believe that music is an integral part of self-expression and bringing people closer together and creating memories that last forever. We are very proud to partner with Saregama that will allow people on our platforms, globally, to use their favourite retro Indian music to further enrich their content on our platforms," Manish Chopra, Director and Head of Partnerships, Facebook India told in a statement.

The new partnership with Saregama will allow users on Facebook and Instagram to use songs from Saregama's massive catalogue. The catalogue comprises of more than 100,000 songs across genres like film songs, devotional music, romantic songs, ghazals & indipop in more than 25 languages in their videos, Stories and other creative content.

In addition to this, users on Facebook and Instagram will now be able to add songs to their Facebook Profiles as well.

Saregama, as we all know, it is one of the oldest music labels in the world. Saregama has songs from music legends likes Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle, Gulzar, Jagjit Singh, R.D Burman, Kalyanji Anandji, Geeta Dutt and Laxmikant Pyarelal in its library.

Earlier Facebook has also signed similar deals with T-Series, Yash Raj Films and Zee Music. According to a Bloomberg report, the social media giant, Facebook is also in talks with international labels including Warner Music and Universal, to make their music catalogue also be available on its platform.