Bob Sinclair Warner Chappell

(l to r) Warner Chappell France senior A&R exec Valentin Zucca, Bob Sinclar, and Warner Chappell France MD Matthieu Tessier. Photo Credit: Warner Music

Bob Sinclar (real name Christophe Le Friant), the DJ behind perennial dance hit “World Hold On,” has inked a global admin and sub-publishing deal with Warner Chappell.

The publisher and the Paris-born “dance legend” announced their agreement today. As described by those parties, the tie-up extends to north of “350 works written or composed by Sinclar, and published or co-published by Mighty Bop Sessions.”

Besides the aforementioned “World Hold On” – which released in 2006 and has racked up somewhere in the ballpark of one billion Spotify streams across all versions – these efforts include “Love Generation,” “The Beat Goes On,” and “Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now),” to name a few.

“I’m very excited about this new journey with Warner Chappell Music,” added 56-year-old Sinclar, who last week dropped a new EP via his Yellow Productions label. “Their entire team has been incredibly motivated and I’m sure we will do great things together!”

And in remarks of his own, Warner Chappell France A&R higher-up Valentin Zucca touted Sinclar as “representative of the French Touch.”

“Bob Sinclar is a fervent representative of the French Touch, a true tastemaker who has always made a point of crossing borders,” indicated the six-year Warner Chappell exec, whose company scored a deal with Diplo one month back. “His music, and what he did for the dance culture, had a major influence on a whole generation of listeners and artists.”

Rounding out the remarks, Warner Chappell France MD Matthieu Tessier summed up: “Warner Chappell Music is proud to become his publishing partner and to represent worldwide such an iconic catalog.”

In the bigger picture, Warner Chappell’s Sinclar signing represents the latest in a long line of moves in and around the evidently lucrative dance space.

During the past year or so, said moves have included Reservoir’s acquisition of the U.K.’s New State (complete with a massive recorded catalog) and Create Music’s purchase of 50% of Enhanced Music.

Meanwhile, Believe last year bought 25% of Global Records, with not-so-subtle plans to build the Romanian label into “a global leader in dance music.”

And Armada Music’s BEAT continues to close all manner of investments. In March, for instance, the self-billed “world’s first dance music investment company” confirmed it’d acquired “a large portion of masters from Tiga.”