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Sony Music Group Strikes $4 Billion Deal for Recognition Music Catalogue

Sourced from 6 publications

  • Sony Music Group and GIC are jointly acquiring Recognition Music Group's catalogue of over 45,000 songs from Blackstone for roughly $4 billion.
  • The catalogue includes high-profile compositions such as Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah.'
  • The deal ranks among the largest music rights acquisitions and reflects sustained institutional demand for song catalogues as revenue-generating assets.
  • Blackstone's sale establishes a significant valuation benchmark for large music portfolios.

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