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Kilometre Music Acquires Stakes In Drake, The Weekend, Bieber Songs

The acquisitions are but a part of a much larger parcel of catalogue acquisitions by the Canadian company that include rights to songs by acts such as Camilla Cabelo, The Chainsmokers, and Post Malone.

Kilometre Music Acquires Stakes In Drake, The Weekend, Bieber Songs

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Canadian music rights management company Kilometre Music Group  has announced closing two new song catalogue acquisitions that significantly increases the Barometer Global Music Royalty Fund’s holdings in songs recorded by The Weeknd, Drake, and Justin Bieber.


The five-month-old Fund, primarily focused on acquiring rights from globally successful Canadian songwriters and artists, purchased a premier boutique publishing catalogue in a private, off-market deal that includes 300 songs consisting of global hits by Drake and The Weeknd and a significant stake in hit songs by Post Malone, Dua Lipa, Eminem, Camila Cabello, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift.

In a separate transaction, Kilometre announced purchasing 72 songs from the catalogue of hit songwriter Nasri Atweh, including his band Magic’s global hit song Rude, and Justin Bieber’s early hits–As Long As You Love Me, Never Say Never, and Mistletoe, the fourth largest selling Christmas song ever in the digital format.

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With these new acquisitions, Kilometre’s catalogue now boasts 500 songs: including co-ownership of 56 Weekend songs, 31 Drake songs, and 12 Justin Bieber songs. They also have a stake in 26 Post Malone songs including his 5 biggest hits to date: Circles, Sunflower, Wow, Better Now, and Congratulations.

The Fund, owners claim, now co-owns 10% of the 100 most streamed songs of all time, and 7% of Spotify’s “Billions Club” – songs with 1 billion streams or more.

No purchase price was disclosed with the acquisitions.

Kilometre’s list of copyrights now includes hits such as:

Blinding Lights – The Weeknd (record breaker for longest charting song on Billboard Hot 100)

Save Your Tears – The Weeknd

In Your Eyes – The Weeknd

The Hills – The Weeknd

Earned It – The Weeknd

One Dance - Drake

Hotline Bling - Drake

Hold On We’re Going Home - Drake

Fake Love - Drake

Pop Style - Drake

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Truffle Butter - Drake

Too Good – Drake / Rihanna

Needed Me - Rihanna

Levitating – Dua Lipa

Love Again – Dua Lipa

Sucker – Jonas Brothers

Closer – The Chainsmokers

Havana - Camila Cabello

My Oh My – Camila Cabello

Feel This Moment – Pitbull / Christina Aguilera

Swish Swish – Katy Perry

I Forgot That You Existed – Taylor Swift

Kamikaze - Eminem

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20-Song Long List Announced for New SOCAN Polaris Song Prize

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