Category archives: Merck Mercuriadis

Hipgnosis acquires music catalog from Cher’s Believe co-writer Brian Higgins

Believe reached No.1 in 21 countries
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Hipgnosis snaps up catalog from Maroon 5, Clean Bandit collaborator Ammar Malik

Malik’s songs have sold over 100 million copies worldwide
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Hipgnosis acquires catalog from Ariana Grande collaborator Savan Kotecha

His songs have sold more than 375 million copies globally
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Hipgnosis confirms Johnny McDaid, Jack Antonoff and other catalog acquisitions

Shape Of You, Photograph and other Ed Sheeran hits join the Hipgnosis portfolio
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Having spent $665m on songs, Hipgnosis now owns slices of Shape Of You and Uptown Funk

Fund says that it now co-owns over 11,000 songs
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Now Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis is buying master rights, as it swoops for Kaiser Chiefs catalog

“I’m delighted that Mark, Martin, James, Nick, Ricky and the band have entrusted us with this special catalogue.”
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Hipgnosis acquires Fraser T. Smith catalog including Adele, Stormzy hits

Hipgnosis has acquired 100% of Fraser T. Smith’s worldwide writer share of performance income of the catalog, which comprises 298 songs.
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Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund is already worth over $850m

Can Merck Mercuriadis build a billion dollar business within two years of trading?
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Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis raises another $295m

“I am delighted by the strong response to this issue both from our existing shareholders and new investors. Having raised £231 million today and over £625 million since our IPO a little over a year ago”
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