Hipgnosis Songs Fund has acquired another string of serious hits, this time from Grammy-winning songwriter, producer, and musician Joel Little.
Hipgnosis has acquired 178 song rights from New Zealand’s Little, including both the writer’s and publisher’s share of this catalog.
Those songs include hits recorded by the likes of Taylor Swift (Me!), Khalid (Young Dumb & Broke), Imagine Dragons (Whatever It Takes) and Lorde (Royals).
Hipgnosis’s filings reveal that the 178 songs generated $4.32 million in 2019, and $2.98 million in 2018.
Little is best known for his collaboration with Lorde, co-writing and producing both her debut EP, ‘The Love Club’, as well as her first album, ‘Pure Heroine’, and for co-writing her second album, ‘Melodrama’.
In 2019, Little collaborated with Taylor Swift, co-writing and producing four songs on her global Number 1 and multi-platinum album ‘Lover’ including three of the singles Me!, You Need to Calm Down and The Man.
Little has also worked with globally successful artists including Ellie Goulding, Shawn Mendes, Sam Smith, James Bay and Jonas Brothers.
“Joel is one of the most important songwriters in the world today.”
Merck Mercuriadis, Hipgnosis
In total Little’s songs have been streamed more than 15 billion times.
Joel Little was represented by longtime manager Ashley Page at Page One Management and lawyer Nicky Stein at Clintons.
Merck Mercuriadis, Founder of The Family (Music) Limited and Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, said: “Joel is one of the most important songwriters in the world today. More than eight years on from the iconic song that is Royals, he has continued to deliver massive hits for Lorde, Taylor Swift, Khalid, Imagine Dragons and many more. His songs are amongst the most streamed songs of the last 10 years amassing more than 15 billion streams globally. It’s wonderful to welcome Joel and Ashley to the Hipgnosis Family.”
“Hipgnosis have big plans and I’m very excited to see how far they can champion the cause for all songwriters in the coming years.”
Joel Little
Joel Little said: “I feel incredibly grateful for my career in songwriting up to this point. It’s really nice to know that these songs will be so well taken care of by Merck and his team of passionate music people.
“Hipgnosis have big plans and I’m very excited to see how far they can champion the cause for all songwriters in the coming years.”
This year, Hipgnosis has announced the acquisition of song rights from the likes of Neil Young, Lindsey Buckingham, Andrew Watt, Andy Wallace and more.Music Business Worldwide