Australian pop star and songwriter Sia has reportedly sold a 50% stake in her music catalog for a staggering $180 million, in a deal that includes her global smash “Cheap Thrills,” which features Jamaican dancehall superstar Sean Paul.
According to TMZ, Sia sold the stake to entertainment and investment company Pophouse, with the financial arrangements complicated by her divorce from estranged husband Dan Bernad. TMZ reported the deal on Wednesday, September 30, citing documents it obtained.
The catalog encompasses some of the biggest records of Sia’s career, including “Chandelier,” “Titanium” and “Cheap Thrills.”
Of the reported $180 million transaction, $165 million is tied to songs Sia wrote before her marriage to Bernad. According to TMZ, Bernad agreed to waive any claim to that portion of the proceeds in exchange for $1 million, effectively leaving Sia with $164 million from that part of the deal.
Another $15 million connected to music created during the marriage will reportedly be held in escrow while the former couple determines how those proceeds should be divided.
Sia and Bernad were married for less than three years before divorce proceedings began in March 2025.
The catalog transaction has particular significance in Jamaica because “Cheap Thrills,” one of Sia’s defining international hits, became a major crossover collaboration with Sean Paul.
Released in 2016, the Sean Paul-assisted version brought Sia’s pop songwriting together with the Jamaican star’s unmistakable dancehall delivery. Official credits list Sia Furler, Greg Kurstin and Sean Paul Henriques as songwriters on the collaborative version.
“Cheap Thrills” appeared during one of the most commercially successful periods of Sia’s career and became one of the signature global records connecting mainstream pop with Jamaican dancehall in the 2010s. Sony Music identifies the Sean Paul collaboration among the standout singles from Sia’s This Is Acting era.
The pair later reunited for Sean Paul’s “Dynamite,” extending a musical partnership that began with the success of “Cheap Thrills.”
