Yoshiki Partners With BMG for Distribution 

 "Bringing YOSHIKI’s recorded music and publishing administration together with BMG’s global infrastructure, the comprehensive agreement marks a major expansion of his worldwide music activities and the beginning of one of the most ambitious creative chapters of his career,”
 reads a press release about the deal.
The deal brings his recorded music and publishing under BMG’s international umbrella and begins Aug. 28 with a new live version of X JAPAN’s “Forever Love” featuring Josh Groban. Performed in Japanese and English, the recording was captured this year at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
BMG will distribute YOSHIKI’s forthcoming releases worldwide and handle global pub admin outside Japan. The catalog includes his acclaimed solo album Eternal Melody and landmark X JAPAN albums released from 1993 onward, including the platinum Art of Life and Dahlia.