Spirit B-Unique, the London office of Spirit Music Group, has signed writer and producer Jon Shave to an exclusive music publishing agreement.
Shave is part of the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum songwriting and music production trio The Invisible Men, whose songs have been streamed over 2.5 billion times on Spotify and have sold over 30 million records.
As part of The Invisible Men, Jon Shave has helped create multiple global hits, including: Iggy Azalea’s No.1 US single Fancy (feat. Charli XCX), which was also the seventh best-selling single worldwide in 2014; Iggy Azalea’s million-selling debut single Work; Jonas Blue’s By Your Side (feat. Raye); Sigala’s Say You Do and Just Got Paid; DJ Fresh’s UK No.1 hit Hot Right Now (feat. Rita Ora) and No.3 hit Dibby Dibby Sound (feat. Ms Dynamite).
Other tracks worked on by Shave include Conor Maynard’s debut Top 5 hits Can’t Say No and Vegas Girl; Jessie J’s hits Do It Like A Dude, Laser Light (feat. David Guetta) and Who’s Laughing Now?; and Lil Peep’s albums Come Over When You’re Sober pt. 1 & 2 to name a few.
“We have wanted to work with Jon for a very long time, he is extremely talented and able to be creative across many different genres building up a fantastic body of work and we are proud to be playing a part in this going forward.”
Mark Lewis, Spirit B-Unique
Since Spirit Music Group established a UK presence in 2016 with the opening of Spirit B-Unique’s London office, Rak Sanghvi alongside Co-Presidents of Spirit B-Unique U.K., Martin Toher and Mark Lewis, made a string of signings and successes including the acquisition of Polar Patrol Publishing which brought Ed Sheeran collaborator and Snow Patrol member Johnny McDaid into the fold.
From there, Spirit’s UK team went from strength to strength with a roster that includes James Bay, Tiggs Da Author, Dagny, Jonny Coffer, John Newman, Jon Maguire, Corey Sanders, Kodaline, J C Stewart and more.
In January Spirit Music Group announced a recapitalization, for which it has secured over $350 million, led by its COO Jon Singer.
In April, Rak Sanghvi was promoted to Global President, Spirit Music Group.
“I echo Mark’s sentiments entirely and it’s great to be working with Jon again having been involved in his early publishing career at Sony/ATV.”
Rak Sanghvi, Spirit Music Group
Jon Shave said: “I’m very excited to begin this new era with the incredible team at Spirit B-Unique. Mark, Martin & Rak have shown great passion and commitment to my work with Invisible Men.
“We have already started making ambitious plans for the future and I couldn’t be happier to be joining forces with this creative and dynamic group of people.”
Laura Lukanz of First Access Entertainment, who along with Sarah Stennett and Rema Chuhan form Shave’s management team, added: “Over the last ten years, Jon Shave and his fellow Invisible Men have created an enviable position as one of the most in-demand writing & production teams in the world.
“It has been extremely important to find the right team to partner with and support Jon’s significant achievements to date.
“The energy and enthusiasm shown by Mark, Martin and Rak has left us in no doubt that, in Spirit B Unique, Jon has found the perfect new home and we are excited to be in business with them.”
Spirit B-Unique Co-President, Mark Lewis, said: “We have wanted to work with Jon for a very long time, he is extremely talented and able to be creative across many different genres building up a fantastic body of work and we are proud to be playing a part in this going forward.”
Rak Sanghvi, President, Spirit Music Group, said: “I echo Mark’s sentiments entirely and it’s great to be working with Jon again having been involved in his early publishing career at Sony/ATV. He’s a huge talent and a stellar addition to our roster.”
Pictured [Left-Right]: Jordan Buck (A&R Manager); Mark Lewis (Co-President, Spirit B-Unique); Jon Shave; Martin Toher (Co-President, Spirit B-Unique; and Rak Sanghvi (Global President, Spirit Music Group).Music Business Worldwide
