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Royalty Exchange Has A Plan To Create Newfound Wealth For Songwriters

Royalty Exchange believes it offers the exact financial solution these creators require. And, ultimately, it’s confident it can create a transparent market where a billion dollars can be deployed for rights holders along the way.

Royalty Exchange Has A Plan To Create Newfound Wealth For Songwriters

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Goldman Sachs believes the recorded music business will almost treble in size by 2030. GP Bullhound predicts Spotify will surpass 200M subscribers over the next two years.


Spurred on by optimistic forecasts like these, institutional investors are flinging eye-opening sums towards the music business.

Last year alone, over $1B was spent across just five music acquisitions: SONGS Music Publishing (circa $160M), Carlin Music ($240M), Imagem Music Group ($550M), Broken Bow Label Group ($100M) and Spinnin’ Records ($100M).

With multiples spiralling ever higher, this is great news for those who have built companies on music rights, and who are waiting for the right time to cash out.

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But what of individual artists and songwriters – especially those who don’t want to sell their copyrights wholesale? How do they take advantage of music’s modern-day gold-rush?

Royalty Exchange believes it offers the exact financial solution these creators require. And, ultimately, it’s confident it can create a transparent market where a billion dollars can be deployed for rights holders along the way.

Sales on Royalty Exchange last year included a bundle of rights associated with Sesame Street’s theme songs, which were acquired for a handsome $580K – representing a 5.4X multiple on their prior annual profit.

Other recent standout deals on the platform include the purchase of a chunk of songwriter performance rights to Barry White’s ‘You’re The First, The Last, My Everything’ – which went for $73K (10.9X).

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Celine Dion speaks on stage at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.
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Celine Dion speaks on stage at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.

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Celine Dion Adds Six More Dates to Paris Residency Run

The additional shows at the Paris La Défense Arena will take place in September and October.

Celine Dion has expanded her upcoming Celine Dion Paris 2026 run of shows in the City of Light. On Tuesday morning (April 7), the singer announced that her long-anticipated five-week limited engagement return to the stage will be expanded with six additional shows, bringing the total to date to 16 concerts.

The fall run at the Paris La Défense Arena will now include sets on September 18 and 25, as well as October 2, 9, 16 and 17. An artist presale is open now through Thursday (April 9) at 5:59 ET, including access to the newly added dates; the artist presale is open to preregistered fans selected to participate through the Fair AXS registration that closed last week. For more ticketing information on the artist presale click here.

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