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Michael Jackson × Paul McCartney
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Direct Beef
Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney Beatles Catalogue Publishing Dispute
Music · Historical · Beef Score 77 · Started 1985
After collaborating on songs in the early 1980s, Paul McCartney advised Michael Jackson on the value of music publishing. In 1985, Jackson purchased ATV Music—which held the publishing rights to over 200 Beatles songs—for $47.5 million, outbidding McCartney and causing a long-standing rift in their relationship.
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Michael Jackson vs Paul McCartney
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- Active Beefs
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- Average Beef Score
- 77
- 79
- Highest Beef Score
- 77
- 80
- Longest documented Beef
- ~41y
- ~56y
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Michael Jackson
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Michael Jackson × Paul McCartney
- Enemy of my enemy
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- Shared connections
- 0
- Degrees of Beef
- 1
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