Music catalogue market 2.0 Bringing yesterday’s hits into the business of tomorrow

The music catalogue acquisition market bounced back from a slightly cooled 2023 with a new fever in 2024. What is being bought is changing, however, as investors look to diversify their portfolios and uncover new growth pockets in an increasingly crowded market. This report analyses shifts in the prices, genres, decades, and rights involved across the publicly announced catalogue acquisition deals of 2021 versus 2024. Then, we provide disruption scenarios to evaluate the implications of the music streaming revenue growth slowdown; AI; and bifurcation theory – and how investors can turn them into opportunities.

Key data in this report:

Index of music market catalogue acquisition deals 2020, 2021, and 2024 with total spend and market share by company
Music catalogue acquisitions by music genre and by decade
Share of music catalogue acquisition deals by publishing rights, recording rights, and name, image and likeness (NIL)
Analysis of the factors which could affect the music catalogue market moving forward, including AI, streaming revenue slowdown, and bifurcation

This report sources data from:

MIDiA Research Consumer Survey Q4 2024 fielded in US, UK, Australia, Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, South Korea, Brazil, n= 9,000

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Companies and brands mentioned: Anthem Entertainment, Armada Music, Aquarian Holdings, Axtone Records, BEAT Music Fund, Believe Music, Blackstone, BMG, Cloud 9 Music, Cloud 9 Recordings, Concord, Create Music Group, Cutting Edge, Daddy Yankee, deadmau5, GoldState Music, HarbourView Equity Partners, Harry Potter, Hipgnosis, Iconoclast, Jeremih, Juicy Music, Kevin Parker, KISS, Lebohang Morake, The Lion King, Litmus Music, Lord of the Rings, Luke Laird, Mau5trap, Michael Jackson, New State, Pink Floyd, Pophouse, Primary Wave Music, Queen, Raven Music, Recognition Music, Reservoir Media, Round Hill Music, Rod Stewart, Seeker Music, Sony Music, Studio Ghibli, Tame Impala, T-Pain, Tempo Music, Universal Music Group, Village People, Warner Bros. Discovery, Warner Music Group, and White Hill Music

Methodology statement: MIDiA is neither a financial analysis company nor an investment advisor. The analysis in this report focuses on market dynamics and resulting market strategies.

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