Reservoir Media has struck a music rights take care of Latin Music hitmaker Rudy Perez.
The deal will see New York-headquartered Reservoir purchase Perez’s catalog, which incorporates tracks he wrote or co-wrote for such artists as Christina Aguilera and Julio Iglesias. The settlement additionally features a publishing deal for his future works.
Perez’s observe file within the trade is nothing wanting beautiful: He has produced greater than 70 albums and composed greater than 1,000 songs, together with round 300 which have change into top-10 hits, together with collaborations with Natalie Cole, Jose Feliciano, Luis Miguel and others.
The Cuban-born American musician has additionally taken dwelling quite a few accolades, together with 19 Grammy nominations and 5 wins. He has been named ASCAP Latin Music Songwriter of the 12 months 5 instances. He’s the one producer to have gained Billboard’s Latin Music Award for Producer of the 12 months 4 instances, and likewise took dwelling Billboard’s Producer of the Decade award in 2010, for collaborating on extra Prime 10 hits through the 2000-2010 interval than every other producer.
Amongst these hits have been Pero Me Acuerdo de Ti and Si No Te Hubiera Conocido, each off Christina Aguilera’s 2000 album Mi Reflejo, which reached primary on Billboard’s Prime Latin Albums and Prime Latin Pop Albums charts, and took dwelling the Latin Grammy for Greatest Feminine Pop Vocal Album.
Perez has additionally been instrumental in establishing the Latin Music scene throughout the US’s recorded music trade. He co-founded each the Latin Recording Academy in 1987 and the Latin Grammys in 2000, in addition to the Latin Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 2013.
For Reservoir, the acquisition comes at a time when the corporate is looking for to diversify its portfolio of acquired music rights, and likewise at a time when the recognition of Latin Music is exploding, each within the US market and internationally.
A current report from the Recording Business Affiliation of America (RIAA) discovered that US Latin Music revenues jumped 14.8% YoY within the first half of 2023, reaching USD $627 million.
A separate report from analysis agency Luminate discovered that streaming of Latin Music elevated by 22.2% YoY within the first 34 weeks of 2023, to 57.9 billion streams. That compares with a 13.3% YoY enhance in streamed music within the US as an entire.
The “Hispanic group and tradition play a big function within the style’s progress, revealing new areas for music discovery,” the Luminate report acknowledged.
The report additionally discovered that Latin Music followers are, on common, extra monetizable than followers of different genres. Latin Music tremendous followers spend on common 30% extra on music consumption than different communities of tremendous followers within the US, and 120% greater than a median non-super fan, the report discovered.
“Rudy is the perfect of the perfect, and we’re thrilled to accomplice with him to convey his music to Reservoir.”
Golnar Khosrowshahi, Reservoir
“From day one our intention has been to meaningfully diversify Reservoir’s catalog with the best high quality music attainable,” CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi stated in an announcement. “Rudy is the perfect of the perfect, and we’re thrilled to accomplice with him to convey his music to Reservoir.”
Reservoir Government Vice President John Ozier, added: “Rudy is a trailblazer. He and Latin music are so deeply intertwined, and his fingerprints are throughout so most of the style’s greatest hits.
“I’ve been speaking with Rudy and his staff for 5 years, which makes closing this deal a giant second for me personally. I’m so proud to welcome Rudy to Reservoir and assist help his legacy and the legacy of the style shifting ahead.”
“I’m thrilled to be part of the Reservoir household. I stay up for collaborating on new initiatives with their whole staff as I embark on the subsequent section of my profession.”
Rudy Perez
Perez stated he’s “thrilled to be part of the Reservoir household. I stay up for collaborating on new initiatives with their whole staff as I embark on the subsequent section of my profession.”
For Reservoir, that is the most recent in a collection of current acquisitions which were rising the corporate’s portfolio.
In simply the previous few years, the corporate has acquired legendary file label Tommy Boy Music for $100 million; acquired the rights to the complete catalog of Miami Sound Machine co-founder and lead songwriter Kiki Garcia; purchased the whole catalog, in addition to synch and grasp rights, from rock legend Dion; acquired the publishing and recorded music catalogs of nation star Travis Tritt, in addition to these of 4 of the founding members of the Sixties R&B group The Spinners; and bought each the publishing and recorded rights of saxophonist and jazz icon Sonny Rollins – amongst many different offers.
On Reservoir’s fiscal Q2 earnings name earlier this 12 months, Khosrowshahi declared the corporate’s intention to change into “the most important holder of Arabic music copyrights.”
Increasing to the Center East “is very vital to our general technique and a key differentiator for us,” Khosrowshahi stated on the time.
In a reality sheet earlier this 12 months, Reservoir revealed that it had spent greater than $695 million on catalog acquisitions because the firm’s founding in 2007.
“Rudy is a trailblazer. He and Latin music are so deeply intertwined, and his fingerprints are throughout so most of the style’s greatest hits.”
John Ozier, Reservoir
In its newest earnings report, for fiscal Q1 2024, Reservoir reported a 31% YoY enhance in income, clocking in at $31.8 million. That was on the energy of a 37% YoY enhance in income in its Recorded Music division, which introduced in $10.4 million within the quarter, and a 26% YoY enhance in revenues from Music Publishing, which got here in at $20.8 million.
A big a part of the income bounce got here from the corporate’s continued acquisitions; stripping that out, income grew organically by 21% YoY within the quarter.
The corporate clocked OIBDA (working revenue earlier than depreciation and amortization) of $9.2 million in its fiscal first quarter, a 38% YoY bounce, whereas adjusted EBITDA got here in at $10.1 million, up 36% YoY.
On the quarterly earnings name, Khosrowshahi informed analysts that the corporate continues to be targeted on additional acquisitions.
“We constantly see alternatives within the Center East. We have now a reasonably wholesome pipeline of offers to do there, and I don’t see that slowing down anytime quickly,” she stated.
Khosrowshahi reiterated that the corporate sees “a few $2 billion pipeline” in acquisitions, and that “we proceed to see strong offers, and that’s place to be in.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
