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Concord buys portion of song catalog of ‘Hey There Delilah’ writer and Plain White T’s frontman, Tom Higgenson

'Hey There Delilah' has been streamed over 960 million times on Spotify alone

Jacob Fain promoted to EVP/Head of A&R at Elektra Entertainment

Fain previously served as Elektra’s Senior Vice President, A&R and Head of Research & Analytics

BMG ups interest in Eurodance stars SNAP! via acquisition of the writer’s share of royalties of the group’s Michael Münzing

BMG acquired the SNAP! recorded music catalogue in 2018

After raising $54m, Futureverse unveils ‘JEN 1’ text-to-music AI generator

Futureverse was formed from the merger of 11 different companies last year

HYBE to fully acquire Enhypen label BeLift Lab in $100m+ deal (report)

BeLift started out as a joint venture between HYBE and CJ ENM

Round Hill Music Royalty Fund expands country portfolio with acquisition of Big Loud Shirt and Craig Wiseman rights

Investments comprise more than 1,200 country hits

Capitol Music Group and Motown ink partnership with Lil Baby’s Glass Window Entertainment

CMG has previously partnered with independent label, 10K Projects, for recorded music releases from Ice Spice

Cher sells ‘range of music assets’ to Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group

Cher has sold more than 100 million records