Imagem Music Extends Agreement With Brenda Richie Publishing

Imagem Music, one of the world's largest independent music publishing companies and a division of the Imagem Music Group, has announced the extension of its existing agreement with Brenda Richie Publishing, which will see the company take on the exclusive administration of the Lionel Richie catalogue on a pan-European basis.

The existing agreement between Imagem Music and Brenda Richie Publishing, which has been in place for 3 years, previously only covered the UK. This new extension will now include all European territories excluding Spain, Portugal and Greece; as a European agreement, it is still ex-US/Canada.

Brenda Richie Publishing controls the rights to 50% of the entire Lionel Richie catalogue including such enduring classics as ‘Hello', ‘All Night Long', ‘Dancing on the Ceiling' & ‘Say You Say Me' among many others.

Alongside sales in excess of 60 million albums Lionel Richie can count five Grammys, a Golden Globe and an Oscar alongside his many awards and career achievements to date.

André de Raaff, CEO of Imagem Music Group worldwide said, "We are delighted to be building on our successful relationship with Brenda Richie Publishing and to be extending our agreement throughout Europe with this wonderful catalogue of songs. We have already delivered great results for the catalogue in the UK and look forward to continuing our great working relationship with Lorne Saifer and Mario Gonzalez and to replicating this success throughout these new European territories ."

About Imagem Music Group

Imagem Music Group (André de Raaff, CEO and co-founder) is the #1 independent music publishing company in the world, unique for its leadership role in classical music (Boosey & Hawkes), musicals (Rodgers & Hammerstein), and pop (Imagem Music). Founded in 2008, Imagem began by acquiring music publishing rights in a number of catalogues sold by Universal Publishing, such as Rondor, Zomba, BBC and 19 Music. This was followed by acquiring the world's leading classical music publishing company Boosey & Hawkes (representing the world's leading classical and jazz composers from Aaron Copland and Igor Stravinsky to John Adams, Wynton Marsalis, and beyond), and Rodgers & Hammerstein (containing the rights to the world's most popular stage and film musicals including THE SOUND OF MUSIC and OKLAHOMA!, and representing hundreds of works by writers including Irving Berlin.) Highlights from Imagem Music's ever-expanding pop catalogue include Ludacris, Phil Collins, Genesis, Anna Nalick, Temper Trap, Vampire Weekend, M.I.A., Bombay Bicycle Club, and Daft Punk. Imagem is proud to represent such a variety of writers, catalogues, and copyrights, combining the knowledge of experienced music publishers with the newest opportunities for exploitation. Imagem: Making the difference! Website: www.imagem.com.

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