BMG In The News

Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, and songwriter and producer Niclas Molinder say they’ve invented the solution to the music industry’s ‘black box’. And it’s free.

Björn Ulvaeus, Max Martin and Niclas Molinder founded Session to fix music's missing data problem.

From HYBE’s $1bn revenues to Warner’s $750m BlackRock fund: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

BMG: Broken Bow is Jason Aldean’s label home until at least 2030

BMG-owned Broken Bow Records has been Jason Aldean's record label home for nearly two decades.

Spirit Music Group buys Jason Aldean masters in $100m+ deal

Spirit will own 90% of the catalog, as Aldean holds on to 10%, MBW understands

HYBE, home of BTS, surpassed $1bn in revenues in 2021 – the year it acquired Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings

HYBE spent $1 billion on Braun's company in April 2021, and has seen a 58% jump in annual revenues

From SoundCloud’s $218m+ revenues to Snoop Dogg’s $44m+ worth of NFTs: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

BMG acquires music interests of blues icon John Lee Hooker

The acquisition is the latest in a string of recent deals completed by BMG to acquire rights from superstar musicians

SoundCloud’s annual revenues topped $218m in 2020 – and it’s been making bold moves ever since

MBW gets our hands on SoundCloud's results from 2020, and they reveal a 31% annual rise in revenues