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Mercuriadis Announces Dave Stewart Signing At CMW

Eurythmics co-founder and Grammy-winning songwriter, recording artist and producer David A. Stewart joins Merck Mercuriadis and Nile Rodgers' Hipgnosis Songs Ltd. and sells them his thousand-plus song catalogue.

Mercuriadis Announces Dave Stewart Signing At CMW

By Nick Krewen

While in town for a Canadian Music Week interview about his ventures, Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd., Founder Merck Mercuriadis asked partner and management client Nile Rodgers to join him on stage to announce the company’s latest signing: David A. Stewart.


Artist, writer, and producer Stewart assigns his 100% copyright share of the entire Eurythmics catalogue – which has sold an estimated 100M albums around the world and includes such chart-toppers as Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Would I Lie To You, and Here Comes The Rain Again, to Hipgnosis.

With this transaction, Stewart joins the Hipgnosis Advisory Board. 

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Record Labels

Exclusive: ADA Canada and Warner Music Canada Ink Global Distribution Deal With Toronto R&B Label Escape Records

The new independent label, an extension of R&B-pop music discovery platform EscapeTracks, will release rising Minnesota-born artist 7AE’s new single “Mashallah," on July 3.

ADA Canada, the distribution and artist services initiative of Warner Music Canada, has secured a global distribution deal with independent Toronto record label Escape Records, a label extension of the R&B-pop music discovery platform and events company, EscapeTracks.

Founded by Kyle Sassi, the label will fuse digital marketing with “hands-on” artist development, amplifying new voices on an international scale. Rising Minnesota-born artist 7AE will kick off the exclusive partnership with his new single, "Mashallah,” out July 3.

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