#Selfie DJ duo sign 'seven figure' publishing and label deal

RHIAN JONES

The Chainsmokers – the DJ duo behind tongue-in-cheek track #Selfie - have signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV and bagged a record contract with Republic Records.

Billboard sources say the deals are worth over $1m each. Interest in the act piqued when their latest single went viral and broke onto Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart on March 1.

To date, #Selfie has been downloaded over 726,000 times, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The accompanying music video that features pictures taken of ...

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