Seeker Music Buys JoJo's First Two Albums, Original and Re-Recorded

Seeker Music has acquired both the original recordings and the re-recorded versions of JoJo's first two albums, the company announced on 23 October 2026. Music Business Worldwide reported that the financial terms were not disclosed.

The catalogue covers JoJo's self-titled 2004 debut and The High Road, her 2006 album. It also includes the versions of both records that she re-recorded and released in 2018. A re-recording is a fresh studio take on the same songs, and it can be owned and licensed separately from the original recordings, which is why the two sets matter to a buyer.

As part of the deal, the 2018 re-recordings will be released under the name Clover Room Edition. Seeker has also put out a deluxe 20th anniversary edition of The High Road. It contains the complete original album plus four bonus tracks from the 2006 editions.

The release adds a new acoustic recording, "Acepto La Realidad (Versión Acústica)", which is the Spanish-language version of "Too Little Too Late". Physical editions, including a 180-gram vinyl pressing (a heavier-weight record than the standard), will follow. Pre-orders open alongside the digital release.

Seeker already holds publishing interests in two of the songs, "Leave (Get Out)" and "Too Little Too Late". Publishing is the share of a song's copyright that covers the composition itself, separate from any particular recording of it. Owning both the publishing and the recordings gives a company more say over how a song is used.

JoJo's tour will run alongside the release. JoJo's The High Road Tour: 20 Years Unplugged opens at Royale in Boston on 13 November. The seven-date run includes the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., and Irving Plaza in New York, and it closes at Park West in Chicago on 24 November.

Seeker Music describes itself as a global independent music company, led by songwriter Evan Bogart and backed by M&G Investments. The company says it has built its business around buying music catalogues, the collections of existing songs and recordings that earn money year after year from streaming, radio and licensing. According to its website, Seeker has also signed a global distribution deal with Virgin Music Group, part of Universal Music Group, and it says it secured $267 million through an asset-backed security, a loan backed by the income from a catalogue, to fund further purchases.

Earlier this year, Seeker acquired the catalogue of Portland-formed synth-pop duo Nu Shooz, covering both the masters (the original recordings) and the publishing. Their 1986 single "I Can't Wait" was a Billboard Hot 100 hit, the chart that ranks the best-selling and most-played songs in the United States.

For fans, the practical news is simple. The early albums are about to be available in new forms, with the tour dates set for the weeks ahead.